Ista Quotes

“Her smile grew bitter as desert brine. "The gods may forgive Ista all day long. But if Ista does not forgive Ista, the gods may go hang themselves.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls

“A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But certainly it was an invitation to consider the matter.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls

“Maybe that was the trouble; maybe she just wasn't crazed enough. True derangement stopped at no boundaries. Mad enough to wish for what she was not mad enough to grasp-now there was a singularly useless lunacy.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls

“Ista sighed at the thought of being a skipping country wench, and not tragic Ista anymore. Though she did not doubt country wenches had their tragedies, too, and much less poetic sympathy for them than did royinas.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls