Greg Bear Quotes

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• 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.
• When all hopes are lost, only then does reality acquire that sharp focus that defines who we are and what we have become.
• Welcome to the truth of our world-a massive seed shot out to the stars, filled with deadly children. A seed designed to slay everything it…
• All it takes to get elected in twenty-first-century America is a mob of frightened sheep and a wolf with a nice smile,
• Having one's eyes opened doesn't make one grateful.
• Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status.
• The price of freedom—of individuality—is attention to politics, careful planning, careful organization; philosophy is no more a barrier against political disaster than it is against…
• It's been a great place to get in touch with what people are really thinking. And to make contact with readers and other writers. Egalitarian,…
• 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…
• For years, even before 9/11, I've been trying to warn that the threat from amateur biolabs will ultimately turn out to be far more troublesome…
• It's kind of a misnomer about science fiction that science fiction is about anything other than people. It's about people doing stuff, sometimes doing extraordinary…
• 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,…
• Science fiction works best when it stimulates debate.
• But to fight something, you really have to try to understand its motivations—particularly when the something you’re fighting holds most of the cards, the deck…
• Working in Isaac's universe was more of a treat than a challenge.

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