If you can't do what you want, do what you can.
Book 1996
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About the book
After Miles Vorkosigan hides a medical problem from his superiors, he is dismissed from Imperial Security and his double life as Admiral Naismith comes to an end. When his former chief, Simon Illyan, starts losing his memory, Miles has to find out who is behind it and decide who he really is.
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How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?
Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.
It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart's hope. It was what I wanted to be.