“ To see the awful things is to see life as it really is. It makes you sharper, stronger, superior. You can stand it when others cannot. Greg Bear
“ 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. Greg Bear
“ 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 comin… Greg Bear
“ You seem to like helping, taking care of people, he said. That is admirable.You enjoy being nurtured?Well, that isn’t all you promise. When you touch me, I feel a fire at my center. You want me to gro… Greg Bear
“ 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, shoul… Greg Bear
“ Why do we capital-N Nerds love Mars so much? Because it's beautiful, it's tough, it's buried in our mythic, childhood memories. It's covered with human triumphs but also with sad stories of failure. Greg Bear
“ When all hopes are lost, only then does reality acquire that sharp focus that defines who we are and what we have become. Greg Bear
“ Robert’s problem was familiar to Aquinas. He called it ignorantia affectata, cultivated ignorance. Greg Bear
“ 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 is stacked against you, and the whole gam… Greg Bear
“ All it takes to get elected in twenty-first-century America is a mob of frightened sheep and a wolf with a nice smile, Greg Bear
“ We've been sitting in our tree chirping like foolish birds for over a century now, wondering why no other birds answered. The galactic skies are full of hawks, that's why. Planetisms that don't know e… Greg Bear
“ They’re trying to understand what space is. That’s tough for them. They break distances down into concentrations of chemicals. For them, space is a range of taste intensities. Greg Bear
“ 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 touches. Greg Bear
“ 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 bec… Greg Bear
