Lois McMaster
Lois McMaster
time sticks littles
You can say a lot in a little time, if you stick to words of one syllable.
eyebrows differences long
And this was your friend?" Cordelia raised her eyebrows. "Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long the stand around chatting before they shoot you.
too-short
He's not too short. He's just... concentrated.
keys decision lessons
Miles added it to his life's lessons list. Call it Rule 27B. Never make key tactical decisions while having electro-convulsive seizures.
boys soldier risk
I don’t duel, boy. I kill as a soldier kills, which is as a butcher kills, as quickly, efficiently, and with as least risk to myself as I can arrange.
perspective building colonels
Colonel Otto, do you have a, perhaps, fuller and more detailed account than your preliminary one of why my Imperial Security building is now largely an underground installation? From a technical perspective.
lonely voice perfect
I'm not getting it all sorted, she worried. I'm not getting it right. You are brilliant, the Voice reassured her. It is imperfect. So are all things trapped in time. You are brilliant, nonetheless. How fortunate for Us that We thirst for glorious souls rather than faultless ones, or We should be parched indeed, and most lonely in Our perfect righteousness. Carry on imperfectly, shining Ista.
war coffee winning
The Imperial Service could win a war without coffee, but would prefer not to have to.
jobs done rewards
Too late, he recalled Miles's dictum that the reward for a job well done was usually a harder job.
achieve overachieving
Anything worth achieving is worth overachieving.
mistake stupid ignorance
The world demands I make good choices on no information, and then blames my maidenhood for my mistakes, as if my maidenhood were responsible for my ignorance. Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.
cost loses values
A price is something you get. A cost is something you lose.
character men duty
I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.
impact people way
I'm very interested in the impact of biotechnology on the way people live.