Winterfair Gifts Quotes

“integrity is a disease, and you can only catch it from someone who has it.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Winterfair Gifts

“When he invited me to come for the Winterfair season I wasn't sure if it was hunting or social. and whether I should pack weapons or dresses."
Lady Vorpatril's smile sharpened. "Dresses are weapons, my dear, in sufficiently skilled hands.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Winterfair Gifts

“Illyan once told me that half the secret of House Vorkosigan's preeminence in Barrayaran history was the quality of the people it drew to its service.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Winterfair Gifts

“Stop gibbering." The Countess took his arm, and began more-or-less frog-marching him upstairs. Roic made a mental note of her technique, for future reference. She glanced over her shoulder and gave Roic a reassuring, if rather unexpected, wink. The”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Winterfair Gifts

“Oh, what did she finally decide on?" asked the pilot. "At one point she told me she was thinking of sending the bride a barbed-wire choke chain for Miles, but was afraid it might be misinterpreted." "No”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Winterfair Gifts

“No me sorprendería. El hermano de milord, Mark, dice que la integridad es una enfermedad, y tan sólo puede contagiártela alguien que la padece".”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Winterfair Gifts