You can say a lot in a little time, if you stick to words of one syllable.

This wasn't prayer anyway, it was just argument with the gods. Prayer, he suspected as he hoisted himself up and turned for the door, was putting one foot in front of the other. Moving all the same.

My home is not a place, it is people.

Women do desperately need models for power other than the maternal.

All true wealth is biological.

Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.

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.