Lois McMaster
Lois McMaster
downhill flowing imagine wave
They imagine they're the wave of the future, but it's only sewage flowing downhill
answers curses savage
The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers, you know
feet missing may
Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.
inspirational army honor
An honor is not diminished for being shared.
death justice cry
The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.
inspirational life being-yourself
Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.
smart feet seven
If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.
success character divorce
Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.
athlete destiny artist
All great human deeds both consume and transform their doers. Consider an athlete, a scientist, an artist, or an entrepreneur. In service of their goals, they lay down time, energy and many other choices and pleasures; in return, they become most truly themselves. A false destiny may be spotted by the fact that it consumes without transforming, without giving back the enlarged self.
perfect deeds accomplished
Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.
mean names needs
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.
friendship people resistance
If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back.
pain winning disability
But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?
love winning giving
When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.