Angelo," he said, and felt the bed rock as Angelo shuddered, caught halfway between REM Antonia - the inhibition of movement caused by the shutdown of monoamines in the brain - and waking.

— Elizabeth Bear

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

— Elizabeth Bear

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

— Elizabeth Bear

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

— Elizabeth Bear

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

— Elizabeth Bear

She was alive. She was alive, and she had found her power — or it had found her. Tomorrow’s problems she’d take care of tomorrow.

— Elizabeth Bear

Some would say a whore have no expectation of Heaven. I'd say, if she gives value for cash, she's got a better shot at God's blessing than your average banker. Jesus loved Mary Magdalene. He kicked over tables when He met a moneylender.

— Elizabeth Bear

The Devil can quote scripture, after all. And monsters can say "please" and "thank you" same as any mother's son.

— Elizabeth Bear

What was a book? Not just ink and fiber and stitchery: a series of processes. To a wizard, it was not a static object--but a human thought caught and bound, made concrete through sacred technology. Magic, then, and a deep form of it.

— Elizabeth Bear

Whichever group is in ascension at a given moment is, historically speaking, both unlikely to acknowledge the existence of abuses or bias, and also to justify the bias on any grounds they can - social, biological, what have you.

— Elizabeth Bear