lizbee | 7 Day Meme: day 6

"Are you saying that no matter how screwed up I was, you'd still expect me to work wonders?" Appalling.
She considered this. "Yes," she said serenely. "In fact, since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same."
It wasn't just his father who had made Miles crazy, Mark decided. "I've never heard you analyze yourself, ma'am," he said sourly. Yes, who shaved the barber?
"Me?" she smiled bleakly. "I'm a fool, boy."
She evaded the question. Or did she? "A fool for love?" he said lightly, in an effort to escape the sudden awkwardness his question had created.
"And other things." Her eyes were wintry.

Mirror Dance, Lois McMaster Bujold

I still haven't gotten over Bujold's behaviour in MammothFail, and I find myself unthrilled at what I've heard of the new Miles book, but damn, there is the source of my great love for strong women who do remarkable and terrible things and expect/inspire everyone else to do same.