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). Her novella The Mountains of Mourning won both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award....
If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?
The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist.
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.