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Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible.Lois McMaster Bujold
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Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation.Lois McMaster Bujold
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The strangeness of the Barrayaran government system with all its unwritten customs, pressed on Cordelia not so much as first glance but gradually. And yet it seemed to work for them somehow. They made it work, pretending a government into existence. Perhaps all governments were all consensus fictions at their hearts.Lois McMaster Bujold
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It’s a .. . transcendental act. Making life.. .. ‘By this act, I bring one death into the world.’ One birth, one death, and all the pain and acts of will between.. .. Our children change us .. . whether they live or not.Lois McMaster Bujold