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.Collection: Lying
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.Collection: Long
Opinions are like kittens," he commented. "People are always giving them away.Collection: People
Every one of us is a minor tragedy. Most of us learn to cope.Collection: Tragedy
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.Collection: Frustration
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.Collection: Warrior
If you could disagree with kings, were gods so far above?Collection: Kings
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.Collection: Book
You know," he said, "every time a vampire says he doesn't believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames.Collection: Believe