Our present freedom from the Cetagandan occupation is a measure of how fiercely he could adapt, then throw it all away and adapt again. At the end of his life he was called a conservative, only because so much of Barrayar had streamed past him in the direction he had led, prodded, pushed, and pointed all his life.

— The Mountains of Mourning-A Miles Vorkosigan Hugo and Nebula Winning Novella by Lois McMaster Bujold (81%)