Top 9 Quotes by Elizabeth Bear

The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another.

The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another.

Elizabeth Bear

Lying, Believe, Heart

"Fictional character: Emily Prentiss". "Criminal Minds". Season 6, Episode 18: "Lauren", March 16, 2011.

Opinions are like kittens," he commented. "People are always giving them away.

Elizabeth Bear

People, Giving, Opinion

The end of the world was supposed to be gradual. There was supposed to be warning. A long, slow slide. What we got was punctuated equilibrium: a stately wobbling, then a sudden tipping point. There was plenty of warning, I suppose. We just weren’t paying attention.

Elizabeth Bear

Long, Attention, Tipping

Every one of us is a minor tragedy. Most of us learn to cope.

Elizabeth Bear

Tragedy, Minors

Like the minor poet who knows the meanness of his gift, I am doomed to a lifetime of frustration: to be able to comprehend beauty, but not create it.

Elizabeth Bear

Frustration, Able, Lifetime

Elizabeth Bear (2006). “The Chains That You Refuse”, Nightshade Book

She said, "You're a warrior. So how do you kill without rage?" "In compassion. Because of necessity." Hrahima set the empty water bowl back in Samarkar's hands. "The same way you carry water.

Elizabeth Bear

Warrior, Compassion, Hands

Elizabeth Bear (2012). “Range of Ghosts”, p.289, Macmillan

If you could disagree with kings, were gods so far above?

Elizabeth Bear

Kings, Ifs, Disagree

Elizabeth Bear (2012). “Range of Ghosts”, p.289, Macmillan

BLINDSIGHT is fearless: a magnificent, darkly gleaming jewel of a book that hurdles the contradictions inherent in biochemistry, consciousness, and human hearts without breaking stride.

Elizabeth Bear

Book, Heart, Jewels