People are people, messy and mutable, combining differently with one another from day to day - even hour to hour. - Elizabeth Moon
No matter what I do, no matter how predictable I try to make my life, it will not be any more predictable than the rest of the world. Which is chaotic. - Elizabeth Moon
The test of a sword is not its polish but its temper - Elizabeth Moon
Metaphorically, Tom said, if you take knowledge as light, and ignorance as dark, there does sometimes seem to be a real presence to the dark -- to ignorance. Something more tactile and muscley than just lack of knowledge. A sort of will to ignorance. It would explain some politicians. - Elizabeth Moon
One thing nobody can do better than you is be you. - Elizabeth Moon
It's all knowing what to start with. If you start in the right place and follow all the steps, you will get to the right end. - Elizabeth Moon