Borders of Infinity Quotes

“Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“He was shaken by an unwelcome insight. Lives did not add as integers. They added as infinities.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe."
"'Know thyself.'"
"We try, sir.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“So what’s the test?"
"Ah, that’s the trick of it. It’s not a test. It’s real life.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“I’m not panicking. I’m watching you panic. It’s more entertaining.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“Power is better than revenge. Power is a live thing, by which you reach out to grasp the future. Revenge is a dead thing, reaching out from the past to grasp you.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“It’s true that if your religion failed to deliver a miracle, that a human sacrifice would certainly follow."
"Ah...quite. You are a man of acute insight."
"That’s not insight. That’s a personal guarantee.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“I tried to evade it for a long time, but God finds ways of dealing with draft dodgers.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“Yes and no. Specifically no.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“The stars in his eyes unrelated to love at first sight.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“Fear outran its cause”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“How could I have died and gone to hell without noticing the transition?”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“Every breath you take from this moment on is by my mercy. Every bite of food you eat, by Harra’s charity. By charity and mercy—such as you did not give—you shall live. Dead woman.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“—No —negó Miles y se tocó la frente—. Esto es poder. Y yo soy el dueño del negocio. Esto —volvió a tocarse la frente—, controla esto —señaló el puño crispado—. Los hombres pueden mover montañas, pero las ideas mueven a los hombres. Se puede tocar la mente con el cuerpo… ¿qué sentido tendría todo esto si no? —Señaló el campo—. ¿Qué es sino tocar vuestras mentes a través de vuestros cuerpos? Pero ese poder fluye en dos direcciones y la que va hacia fuera es la más poderosa.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity

“The sound Miles's ears had been straining for penetrated the din at last, a high-pitched, multi-faceted whine that grew louder and louder. They loomed down out of the boiling scarlet-tinged clouds like monstrous beetles, carapaced and winged, feet extending even as they watched. Fully armored combat-drop shuttles, two, three, six . . . seven, eight . . . Miles's lips moved as he counted. Thirteen, fourteen, by God. They had managed to get #B-7 out of the shop in time. Miles”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Borders of Infinity

“I'll lay it out straight, then. I don't like the way things are run around here." Oliver's mouth twisted sardonically; he did not comment aloud. He didn't need to. "I'm going to change them," Miles added. "Shit," said Oliver, and rolled back over. "Starting here and now." After a moment's silence Oliver added, "Go away or I'll pound you." Suegar”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Borders of Infinity

“How was your bone-replacement surgery?" asked Illyan. "About what I expected, from having my legs done before. The ugliest part was opening my right arm and hand up to pick out all the bone fragments. Tedious. The left went a lot faster — the pieces were bigger.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity