Lois McMaster Bujold - Matter Quotes

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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.

Lois McMaster Bujold

All the geniuses I ever met were so just part of the time. To qualify, you only have to be great once, you know. Once when it matters.

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A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter.

Lois McMaster Bujold

He said that permitting private judgments to turn my duty in the smallest matter would be just like getting a little bit pregnant — that the consequences would very soon get beyond me.

Lois McMaster Bujold

In my experience, milady, we can never get back to exactly where we started, no matter how hard we try.

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Hunting hawks do not belong in cages, no matter how much a man covets their grace, no matter how golden the bars. They are far more beautiful soaring free. Heartbreakingly beautiful.

Lois McMaster Bujold

Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive.

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