The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business.
Lois McMaster BujoldMy dinner party,' Miles grated. 'It's just breaking up.' And sinking. All souls feared lost.
Lois McMaster BujoldAll the worry people expend over not existing after they die, yet nary a one ever seems to spare a moment to worry about not having existed before they were conceived. Or at all. After all, one sperm over and we would have been our sisters, and we'd never have been missed.
Lois McMaster Bujold