Dasha

“When I was twenty, I knew everything about my future. Now, I know nothing.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Horizon

“I think you think of yourself so little that you don’t see how you affect other people. But you do, you know.”
― Katherine Addison, The Tomb of Dragons

“What can the gods give me?” His brows twitched up in an expression of remarkably disingenuous goodwill. “Why, work, sweet Ista!”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls

“I am old enough to have many regrets. I’ve made my share of mistakes, some”—he grimaced—“hideous indeed, as you well know. But it was the little, easy things—the kisses I did not give, and the love I did not speak, because there was no time, no place—and then, no chance . . . Surprisingly sharp sorrows those are, for their size. I think all our chances grow narrow, tonight. So I shall reduce my regrets—however brief—by one, at least . . .”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls