Quotes by Elizabeth Bear

About Elizabeth Bear:

Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "Tideline," and the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "Shoggoths in Bloom." She is one of only five writers who have gone on to win multiple Hugo Awards for fiction after winning the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (the others being C. J. Cherryh, Orson Scott Card, Spider Robinson, and Ted Chiang).
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Opinions are like kittens," he commented. "People are always giving them away.

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

Some would say a whore don't 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

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

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 Samarkar'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

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

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

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

Elizabeth Bear

Author Bio

  • NameElizabeth Bear
  • DescriptionAmerican novelist
  • BornSeptember 22, 1971
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionNovelist
  • WorksHammered