Greg Bear Quotes

American writer best known for science fiction (1951–2022)

Gregory Dale Bears (August 20, 1951 – November 19, 2022) was an American writer and illustrator best known for science fiction. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict, artificial universes, consciousness and cultural practices, and accelerated evolution.

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Birth Name: Gregory Dale Bear

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When evenly matched, you cannot win against your enemy unless you understand them. And if you truly understand, why are you fighting and not talking?

2. “We must know our enemy, at least a little.”
“That’s dangerous,” Prufrax said, almost instinctively.
“Yes, it is. What you know, you cannot hate.”

To fight an enemy properly, you have to know what they are. Ignorance is defeat.

The battle was over. There were no victors.

1. “Being scared is nothing,” the old woman said. “Being bored, or ignorant—now that’s a crime.”

There is nothing finer in the world than the telling of tales. Split atoms if you wish, but splitting an infinitive—and getting away with it—is far nobler. Lance boils if you wish, but pricking pretensions is often cleaner and always more fun.

You deserve whoever governs you … Everyone is responsible for the actions of their leaders.

We're not prophets. We're not here to inform the rich people of the world on how to make more money, or to inform governments on how to direct themselves. We are here to allow you to dream your dreams and make them happen, and have your nightmares a little in advance so you can prevent them from happening.

The hardest theme in science fiction is that of the alien. The simplest solution of all is in fact quite profound—that the real difficulty lies not in understanding what is alien, but in understanding what is self. We are all aliens to each other, all different and divided. We are even aliens to ourselves at different stages of our lives. Do any of us remember precisely what it was like to be a baby?