Greg Bear Quotes

The feedback loop is half of the secret of existence.

Eccentricity is more than affectation to a poet. It’s a necessity.

Poetry is dead and buried in a world of growing LitVid and illiteracy, vidiocy I’ve heard it called. Being dead, poetry has enormous freedom; being ignored, it can blossom like a rose in a manure heap. Poetry is risen. Poetry is the messiah of literature but the angel has not yet told anybody it is risen.

I explored new territory and described it. I did not create it. Don’t blame the conduit for the lightning.

Ours is an age of social anger.

Conflict of the sexes is not a disease; it is an unavoidable byproduct like the smoke and water from a fire.

More and more I am nothing without someone. To be alone is to be in bad company.

A Stellar’s jay hopped along behind him, watching closely for dropped crumbs. “It’s dark,” he told the bird. “Go to sleep. I've eaten already. Where were you? No food now.” The bird persisted, however; it knew humans were liars.

Altruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction.

Life on earth is hard. Competition for the necessities of life is fierce. How ridiculous to believe that the law of harsh survival would not be true elsewhere, or that it would be negated by the progress of technology in an advanced civilization...

I sometimes think we deserve to die, we’re all so goddamned stupid.

8. “It’s not impossible,” Minelli said.
“No,” Edward admitted, “but it’s paranoid as hell, and that’s the last thing we need, more fear.”

Apocalypse could not be repealed by the democratic process.

7. “We’d like to agree with you.” He glanced at Arthur.
“We can’t, however,” Arthur said.
“For the moment, then, amicable disagreement and open minds.”

Having one’s eyes opened doesn’t make one grateful.