I've got forward momentum. There's no virtue in it. It's just a balancing act. I don't dare stop.

If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door.

Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins.

[Koudelka] looked back, "You?! I know you! You trust beyond reason!" [Cordelia] met his eyes steadily, "Yes, it's how I get results beyond hope, as you may recall.

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.

He's not too short. He's just... concentrated.

I miss it every minute, and I have no wish at all to go back.