"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."

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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."

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"When a baby is born here on earth, a star is born in the sky."

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"I had not asked to be born. Only to be loved."

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"The moment my niece came into the world, I realized that logic can't make sense of someone who's so brand new to you."

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"And this was your friend?' Cordelia raised her eyebrows. 'Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long the stand around chatting before they shoot you."

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"Don't let fear swallow all your happiness. Don't forget to take joy.' Dag gulped. Both of their grounds were nearly closed. It was Arkady's voice alone that hinted how hard-bought this bit of wisdom might've been, yet the words had been nearly toneless."

Happiness

"Well, it is a particular sin to permit grief for what is gone to poison the praise for what blessings remain to us."

Grief

"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 motive than ease-that would be to give up all hope of honor. The last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it."

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"The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business."

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"Hunting hawks did not belong in cages, no matter how much a man coveted their grace, no matter how golden the bars. They were far more beautiful soaring free. Heartbreakingly beautiful."

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"Lord X was a tyrant, not a revolutionary. He wanted to take over the system, not change it."

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"It's just a thing. You deal with it.' 'As in, one damn thing after another?''Yes, very like."

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"A true Vor, Miles told himself severely, does not bury his face in his liegewoman's breasts and cry-even if he is at a convenient height for it."

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"This wasn't prayer anyway, it was just argument with the gods.Prayer, he suspected as he hoisted himself up and turned for the door, was putting one foot in front of the other. Moving all the same."

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