Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes about Pain

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You should have fallen in love with a happy man, if you wanted happiness. But no, you had to fall for the breathtaking beauty of pain.

You should have fallen in love with a happy man, if you wanted happiness. But no, you had to fall for the breathtaking beauty of pain.

Lois McMaster Bujold

Happiness, Pain, Fall

Lois McMaster Bujold (1999). “Cordelia's Honor”, p.312, Baen Books

But pain seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?

Lois McMaster Bujold

Pain, Winning, Disability

"Barrayar". Book by Lois McMaster Bujold, 1991.

I do think, half of what we call madness is just some poor slob dealing with pain by a strategy that annoys the people around him.

Lois McMaster Bujold

Pain, Thinking, People

Lois McMaster Bujold (2002). “Miles Errant”, p.444, Baen Books

I'm sorry. I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you.

Lois McMaster Bujold

Sorry, Pain, Love You

Lois McMaster Bujold (1999). “Cordelia's Honor”, p.110, Baen Books

Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it.

Lois McMaster Bujold

Pain, Joy, Endure

Lois McMaster Bujold (1999). “Cordelia's Honor”, p.382, Baen Books

When the souls rise up in glory, yours shall not be shunned nor sunderered, but shall be the prize of the gods' gardens. Even your darkness shall be treasured then, and all your pain made holy.

Lois McMaster Bujold

Pain, Garden, Soul