The Quotes Meme Becomes Bujold
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qosThe link to the random quote generator is here: http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php
I found a quote from Lois McMaster Bujold, who is one of my favorite authors, which led me to the entire list of her quotes, my favorites of which I am reproducing here.
"Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards."
- A Civil Campaign
"Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself."
- A Civil Campaign
"Any community's arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do necessary evil, and yet not be made evil by it. To do only the necessary and no more. To constantly question the assumptions, to stop the slide into atrocity." - Barrayar
"Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation." - Barrayar
"Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win." - Barrayar
"His mother had often said, 'When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action.' She had emphasized the corollary of this axiom even more vehemently: when you desired a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it." - Memory
"I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is…the higher achievement." - Mirror Dance
"An honor is not diminished for being shared." - Shards of Honor
"A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind." - The Vor Game
I found a quote from Lois McMaster Bujold, who is one of my favorite authors, which led me to the entire list of her quotes, my favorites of which I am reproducing here.
"Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards."
- A Civil Campaign
"Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself."
- A Civil Campaign
"Any community's arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do necessary evil, and yet not be made evil by it. To do only the necessary and no more. To constantly question the assumptions, to stop the slide into atrocity." - Barrayar
"Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation." - Barrayar
"Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win." - Barrayar
"His mother had often said, 'When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action.' She had emphasized the corollary of this axiom even more vehemently: when you desired a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it." - Memory
"I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is…the higher achievement." - Mirror Dance
"An honor is not diminished for being shared." - Shards of Honor
"A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind." - The Vor Game
