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everyone has their folding-point, Miles. Their mortal vulnerability. Some just keep it in a nonstandard location.

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Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible.

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Modern warfare wasn't supposed to have this much blood in it. The weapons were supposed to cook everyone neatly, like eggs in their shells. (Mark Vork...more

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The really unforgivable acts are committed by calm men in beautiful green silk rooms, who deal death wholesale, by the shipload, without lust, or ange...more

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Barrayar is bred in my bones. I cannot shake it, no matter how far I travel. This struggle, God knows, has no honor in it. But exile, for no other mot...more