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At some stage of development an officer had to stop following orders and start generating them.Lois McMaster Bujold
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It was suicide, wasn't it?"" In an involuntary sort of way, " said Vorob'yev. "These Cetagandan political suicides can get awfully messy, when the principal won't cooperate."" Thirty-two stab wounds in the back, worst case of suicide they ever saw?" murmured Ivan, clearly fascinated by the gossip." Exactly, my lord.Lois McMaster Bujold
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Anyway, if the Cetagandans really wanted to assassinate you, they'd hardly do it here. They'd slip something subtle under your skin that wouldn't go off for six months, and then would drop you mysteriously and untraceably in your tracksLois McMaster Bujold
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That civet-jasmine blend you're wearing tonight absolutely clashes with the third-level formal style of your dress, you know.Lois McMaster Bujold
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Lord X was a tyrant, not a revolutionary. He wanted to take over the system, not change it.Lois McMaster Bujold