Elizabeth Bear Quotes

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

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.

You know," he said, "every time a vampire says he doesn't believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames.

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.

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

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