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

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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.

tipping attention long

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.

frustration able lifetime

Opinions are like kittens," he commented. "People are always givi... by Elizabeth Bear

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

opinion giving people

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

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

minors tragedy

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.

jewels heart book

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

vampire flames believe

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.

warrior compassion hands

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

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

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