Lois McMaster
Lois McMaster
waste pedants nomenclature
Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.
winning games ifs
If there's no game, isn't winning a pretty meaningless concept?
real destiny blood
Real destiny takes everything-the last drop of blood, and strip out your veins to be sure-and gives it back doubled. Quadrupled. A thousand-fold! But you can't give halves. You have to give it all. I know. I swear. I've come back from the dead to speak the truth to you. Real destiny gives you a mountain of life, and puts you on top of it.
giving hook embedded
The gods give no gifts without hooks embedded.
wine bisexual thoughtful
One corner of his mouth crooked up, then the quirk vanished in a thoughtful pursing of his lips. "He's bisexual, you know." He took a delicate sip of his wine. "Was bisexual," she corrected absently, looking fondly across the room. "Now he's monogamous." Vordarian choked, sputtering.
beautiful real men
The real unforgivable acts are committed by calm men in beautiful green silk rooms, who deal death wholesale, by the shipload, without lust, without anger, or desire, or any redeeming emotion to excuse them but cold fear of some pretended future. But the crimes they hope to prevent in that future are imaginary. The ones they commit in the present - they are real.
elbows panic miles
Miles clutched Quinn's elbow. "Don't Panic." "I'm not panicking," Quinn observed, "I'm watching you panic. It's more entertaining .
pain joy endure
Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it.
enemy battle firsts
No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. Not when the enemy is me.
sight first-impression matter
A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter.
understanding action
Surely only correct understanding could lead to correct action.
sight reason redundant
Second sight is redundant to reason anyway.
book character writing
I've always tried to write the kind of book I most loved to read: character-centered adventure.
roots culture liberation
I am increasingly convinced that technological culture is the entire root of women's liberation.