Exile, for no other motive than ease, would be the last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

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Lois McMaster Bujold ( boo-ZHOHLD; born November 2, 1949) is an American speculative fiction writer. She has won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record (not counting his Retro Hugos). Bujold is best known for her Vorkosigan Saga, a series of science fiction novels...

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Be gentle with the young.

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I am an atheist, myself. A simple faith, but a great comfort to me, in these last days.

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Adversity does teach who your real friends are.

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The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.

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If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?

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Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

—George Edward Woodberry

The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist.

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Intent is not a thought, or an object, or a wish. Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated. It operates in spite of the warrior's indulgence. Intent is what makes him invulnerable. Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity.

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There are two things to remember about a revolution: first, we're gonna get our asses kicked, and second, we're gonna win.

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The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.

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