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* The epilogue of ''Shards of Honor'', which deals with medtechs retrieving the bodies of the dead from the Escobar War. One of the bodies the medtech finds is her {{spoiler|daughter}}.
{{quote| Yes, he thought, the good face pain. But the great - they embrace it.}}
* The part in ''Barrayar'' when Cordelia nearly dies giving birth to Miles, and Aral admits he hasn't been so scared since he was eleven years old: which was when the [[The Caligula|old Emperor]] murdered his mother and brother in front of him.
* This part in ''Barrayar'', where Aral and Cordelia confront {{spoiler|Vorhalas}}, who's just tried to murder them with poison gas:
{{quote| "You missed me, {{spoiler|Evon}}." {{spoiler|Vorhalas}} spat in his face, spittle bloody from his injured mouth. Vorkosigan made no move to wipe it away. "You missed my wife," he went on in a soft slow cadence. "But you got my son. Did you dream of sweet revenge? You have it. Look at her eyes. A man could drown in those sea-grey eyes. I'll be looking at them every day for the rest of my life. So eat vengeance, {{spoiler|Evon}}. Drink it. Fondle it. Wrap it round you in the night watch. It's all yours. I will it all to you. For myself, I've gorged to the gagging point and lost my stomach for it."}}
* On the next page, {{spoiler|Evon}} is indeed forced to confront Coredelia directly.
{{quote| "It wasn't the result I intended. I meant to kill him. I didn't even know for sure that you shared the same room at night." He was looking everywhere, now, except her face. "I never thought about killing your..."<br />
"Look at me," she croaked, "and say the word out loud."<br />
"Baby," he whispered, and burst into sudden, shocking sobs. }}
* Really, most of the plot of Barrayar is potentially tear-jerky. There are so many babies and children in peril. This troper loves the book, but read it for the first time while pregnant with her firstborn son. Not recommended unless you like weeping openly on public transit.
* After an assassination attempt, when Aral and Koudelka are stunned and can't hear very well, Aral reassures the perturbed Kou that it's only temporary. However, logically, the temporary deafness must recall Aral's traumatic childhood injury after his family's massacre. I can't recall now whether it was explicitly discussed in the text, but it was all I could think about.
* The part from ''The Warrior's Apprentice'' where Miles says he wants to make his life "an offering fit to lay at my father's feet":
{{quote| '''Aral''': Clay, boy. Only clay. Not fit to receive so golden a sacrifice.}}
* The death of {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sociopath|Sergeant Bothari]]}} and the final remembering at the end of the book.
* Dr Vaagen's re-telling of Henry's death.
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