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.

What you are is a question only you can answer.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

I do think, half of what we call madness is just some poor slob dealing with pain by a strategy that annoys the people around him.

It's an ancient and honorable term for the final step in any engineering project. Turn it on, see if it smokes.

It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart's hope. It was what I wanted to be.

Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.