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Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13) QUOTES

Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13) QUOTES

1 " We should have taken our chances back then, when we were young and beautiful and didn't even know it. "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

2 " The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them. "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

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

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

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

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

5 " We did it," he muttered to Ekaterin, now perching on the chair arm. "Why didn't anybody stop us? Why aren't there more regulations about this sort of thing? What fool in their right mind would put me in charge of a baby? Two babies? "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

6 " I always thought my parents could fix anything. Now it's my turn. Dear God, how did this happen? "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

7 " to slide halfway to stupid and stop was rare indeed. "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

8 " All sorts of men don't make it home for the births of their children. But My mother was out of town on the day I was born, so she missed it, just seems . . . seems like a more profound complaint, somehow. "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

9 " Are we not all called on to yield our children back to the world, in the end? "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

10 " Military intelligence was as nothing to military stupidity. "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

11 " To Komarr, my lord? Or Sergyar?” “No. Calculate the shortest possible jump route directly to Rho Ceta.” Vorpatril’s head jerked back in startlement. “If the orders I received from Sector Five HQ mean what we think, you’ll hardly get passage there. Reception by plasma fire and fusion shells the moment you pop out of the wormhole would be what I’d expect.” “Unpack, Miles,” Ekaterin’s voice drifted in. He grinned briefly at the familiar exasperation in her voice. “By the time we arrive there, I will have arranged our clearances with the Cetagandan Empire.” I hope. Or else they were all going to be in more trouble than Miles ever wanted to imagine. “Barrayar is bringing their kidnapped haut babies back to them. On the end of a long stick. I get to be the stick. "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

12 " Right.” Roic nodded. He glanced over Miles’s growing array of medical attachments. “By the way, m’lord. Had you happened to mention your seizure disorder to the surgeon yet? "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

13 " And . . . it would be a real relief for me to have someone along I can talk to freely.” Her smile tilted a little at this. “Talk, or vent?” “I—hem!—suspect this one is going to entail quite a lot of venting, yes. D’you think you can stand it? "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

14 " Miles bowed, sitting; his floater bobbed slightly. “My horse would like you fine. He’s extremely amiable, not to mention much too old and lazy to stampede anywhere. And I personally guarantee that with a Vorkosigan liveried armsman at your back, not the most benighted backcountry hick would offer you insult.” Roic, "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

15 " Send a patroller to check,” said Miles a little tightly. Remembering he was supposed to be a diplomat, he added, “If you please.” Teris "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

16 " Miles repented his younger sexual reticence altogether, now. Profoundly. We should have taken our chances back then, when we were young and beautiful and didn’t even know it. And Bel had been beautiful, in its own ironic way, living and moving at ease in a body athletic, healthy, and trim. "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

17 " You’re the man who used to rescue hostages for a living. You are not allowed to not get out of this one. So stop worrying about me and start paying attention to what you are doing. Are you listening to me, Miles Vorkosigan? Don’t you dare die! I won’t have it!” That seemed definitive. Despite everything, he grinned. “Yes, dear,” he sang back meekly, heartened. "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

18 " Ekaterin’s vision of him, he reminded himself, was not exactly objective. Thank God. “I’ve been trying to charm quaddies all day, with no noticeable success. "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

19 " I’ll bet. I . . .” He couldn’t say it, not so baldly. He dodged, while he mustered courage. “I promised to call Nicol when I had news of Bel, and I haven’t had a chance. The news, as you may know, is not good; we found Bel, but the herm has been deliberately infected with a bioengineered Cetagandan parasite that may . . . may prove lethal. "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)

20 " Back in what he was starting to think of as their cabinet, Miles encountered Ekaterin returning from the shower, dressed again in her red tunic and leggings. They maneuvered for a kiss, and he said, “I’ve acquired an involuntary appointment. I have to go stationside almost immediately.” “You will remember to put on pants?” He glanced down at his bare legs. “Planned to, yeah. "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)