War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. … - Lois McMaster Bujold

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That which most concerns and worries you - your survival - is the only certainty you have.

Lois McMaster Bujold

War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.

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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.

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Surely only correct understanding could lead to correct action.

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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.

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Well, what is a blessing but a curse from another point of view?

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A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter.

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