I need words that mean more than they mean, words not just with height and width, but depth and weight and, and other dimensions that I cannot even name.

It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.

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

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.

If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back.

Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible.

This is the most important thing I will ever say to you. The human mind is the ultimate testing device. You can take all the notes you want on the technical data, anything you forget you can look up again, but this must be engraved on your hearts in letters of fire. There is nothing, nothing, nothing, more important to me in the men and women I train than their absolute personal integrity. Whether you function as welders or inspectors, the laws of physics are implacable lie detectors. You may fool men. You will never fool metal. That’s all.