The Prisoner of Limnos Quotes

“And that was just how it worked, wasn’t it? Happiness handed around and around, never stopping. It wasn’t something one could hoard tight like a miser. That would be like trying to hold one’s breath for later.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Prisoner of Limnos

“One gives you the shirt off his back, mused Des, and the other offers to help you bury bodies. I do believe you have made some new friends, Pen!”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Prisoner of Limnos

“We cannot protect anyone from being alive, Master Bosha. No matter how much we might wish to.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Prisoner of Limnos

“Happiness handed around and around, never stopping. It wasn’t something one could hoard tight like a miser. That would be like trying to hold one’s breath for later.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Prisoner of Limnos

“Way I figure, once a drop is enough to kill you, any more you add makes no difference.” “A reasonable argument.” No it’s not, it’s insane!”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Prisoner of Limnos

“She couldn’t work miracles, but she knew she could work work.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Prisoner of Limnos

“It was the strangest thought she’d had in a week of strangeness. Like a seed putting out slow shoots, down into the earth and up to the sky. She left it in the tender darkness for now.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Prisoner of Limnos

“He wouldn’t say pray, as he’d decided long ago not to bother the gods with questions when he didn’t really want to hear the answers.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Prisoner of Limnos

“The gods have no hands but ours, they say.” He held up his fingers and wiggled them.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Prisoner of Limnos

“Joy is a mark of Them, you see.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Prisoner of Limnos

“Do not deny the gods. And they will not deny you.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Prisoner of Limnos

“The gods have no hands but ours, they say.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Prisoner of Limnos

“Idrene said gently, “We cannot protect anyone from being alive, Master Bosha. No matter how much we might wish to.” Her eyes fell on her own children.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Prisoner of Limnos