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.
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
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
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 Samark… - Elizabeth Bear
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 Samark…
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 stat… - Elizabeth Bear
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 stat…
You know," he said, "every time a vampire says he doesn't believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames. - Elizabeth Bear
You know," he said, "every time a vampire says he doesn't believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames.
BLINDSIGHT is fearless: a magnificent, darkly gleaming jewel of a book that hurdles the contradictions inherent in biochemistry, consciousness, and h… - Elizabeth Bear
BLINDSIGHT is fearless: a magnificent, darkly gleaming jewel of a book that hurdles the contradictions inherent in biochemistry, consciousness, and h…
Every one of us is a minor tragedy. Most of us learn to cope. - Elizabeth Bear
Every one of us is a minor tragedy. Most of us learn to cope.
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
If you could disagree with kings, were gods so far above? - Elizabeth Bear
If you could disagree with kings, were gods so far above?
Opinions are like kittens," he commented. "People are always giving them away. - Elizabeth Bear
Opinions are like kittens," he commented. "People are always giving them away.
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