Quotes by Greg Bear

“He held her hand and shook his head. "They're inside, part of us by now. They are us. Where can we escape?”

“Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or kings stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be strong once again.”

“Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of the wealthy.”

“I will learn by screwing up.”

“Thought moves like a dissociation of leaves across a lawn in a breeze.”

“It is the bullet you dont hear that gets you.”

“Mother Nature is a bitch.”

“You seem to like helping, taking care of people," he said. "That is admirable.""You enjoy being nurtured?""Well, that isnt all you promise. When you touch me, I feel a fire at my center. You want m...”

“Oh, there will still be deception. The fresh crew will emerge as adults, will have memories of past training and lives. Our stories, our lives, will go on. I refuse to allow that love to die, just ...”

“In the society of would-be-gods, a humble man is always polite.”

“He had performed this ritual before, getting into trouble and then coming to his mother, uneasy and uncertain, not sure precisely what sort of trouble he was in. With uncanny regularity, she had se...”

“Of all the planets apart from Earth in our solar system, Mars is the most hospitable. Yeah. Right. Better keep my visit short. And yet, despite the discomfort, the danger, I love it here. I love co...”

“Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, sh...”

“Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or kings — stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be strong once again.”

“It is the bullet you don’t hear that gets you.”