Lois McMaster Bujold - Enemies Quotes

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A skilled soldier kills your enemies, but a skilled duelist kills your allies.

Lois McMaster Bujold
Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long they stand around chatting before they shoot you.

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Your "accidents," I once noticed, have ways of entangling your enemies that are the green envy of mature and careful strategists. Far too consistent for chance, I concluded it had to be unconscious will.

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Welcome to Barrayar, son. Here you go: have a world of wealth and poverty, wrenching change and rooted history. Have a birth; have two. Have a name. Miles means "soldier," but don't let the power of suggestion overwhelm you. Have a twisted form in a society that loathes and fears the mutations that have been its deepest agony. Have a title, wealth, power, and all the hatred and envy they will draw. Have your body ripped apart and re-arranged. Inherit an array of friends and enemies you never made. Have a grandfather from hell. Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it. Always be a moving target. Live. Live. Live.

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"Do you know what this is, Lord Vorkosigan?" Giaja asked.
Miles eyed the medallion of the Order of Merit on its colored ribbon, glittering on a bed of velvet. "Yes, sir. It is a lead weight, suitable for sinking small enemies. Are you going to sew me into a silk sack with it, before you throw me overboard?"

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I'd have worn them as a courtesy to your friend, I'll wear them now as a defiance to our enemies.

Lois McMaster Bujold
Taura nailed it. She'll do for m'lord, all right. And God help their enemies.

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