I don't want power. I just object to idiots having power over me.

Yes," Vorkosigan agreed, "I could take over the universe with this army if I could ever get all their weapons pointed in the same direction.

Forward momentum only worked as a strategy if one had correctly identified which way was forward.

A true Vor, Miles told himself severely, does not bury his face in his liegewoman's breasts and cry--even if he is at a convenient height for it.

When the time comes to leap in faith whether you have your eyes open or closed or scream all the way down or not makes no practical difference.

Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.

But pain seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?