Quote:Oh, Chaos, she's got quite a few that're even better. For example:
Are all of Bujold's books full of funny tidbits like that? If so, then I definitely need to see about picking a few up.
"Your forward momentum is going to lead all your followers over a cliff someday.... On the way down, you'll convince 'em all they can fly.... Lead on, my lord. I'm flapping as hard as I can."
-- The Warrior's Apprentice
"Do you consider yourself an innocent bystander?"
"God knows I try to be."
-- Memory
Inspiring lines, too:
"Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart."
-- Memory
(That one about being who you choose to be appears in Memory, by the way. It might also be in another book.)
(After disinterring an infant, to confirm that she'd been murdered):
"Peace to you, small lady, after our rude invasions. I will give you a better sacrifice, I swear.... And the smoke of that burning will rise and be seen from one end of these mountains to the other."
-- "The Mountains of Mourning" in Borders of Infinity
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.