"We are as solid as most truly false things are-a dance of particles in space. Only the things no one can touch are true, as you should know by now."
-Citadel
"The second-best thing was to fight and win. But the first-best thing was to fight the fight worth fighting. Where would he be, if not here?"
-The Woman who Loved the Centaur Pholus
"If I need more courage than I have to live, I will pretend to have it and live anyway. I did that on the battlefield . . . I acted the part of a hero. That is to say, I acted as it seemed to me I would have if I had actually possessed dauntless courage."
-On Blue's Waters
. . . I have dozens more. Quotes like these are what make him my favorite author.
-Steve