Greg Bear Frases y Citas
Greg Bear: Frases en inglés
“Nothing is lost. Nothing is forgotten.
It was in the blood, the flesh,
And now it is forever.”
Interphase: Thought Universe (p. 247; closing lines)
Blood Music (1985)
Fuente: Short fiction, Hardfought (1983), p. 63
“Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status.”
Fuente: Eon (1985), p. 263
“There is no war so important that to win it, we must destroy our minds.”
Fuente: Short fiction, Hardfought (1983), p. 76
“I sometimes think we deserve to die, we’re all so goddamned stupid.”
Fuente: The Forge of God (1987), Chapter 50 (p. 342)
“To fight an enemy properly, you have to know what they are. Ignorance is defeat.”
Fuente: Short fiction, Hardfought (1983), p. 54
"Introduction to 'Plague of Conscience'", The Collected Stories of Greg Bear (2002)
“You deserve whoever governs you … Everyone is responsible for the actions of their leaders.”
Cf. Joseph de Maistre: "Every nation gets the government it deserves." (1811)
Short fiction, The Wind from a Burning Woman (1978)
“Apocalypse could not be repealed by the democratic process.”
Fuente: The Forge of God (1987), Chapter 34 (p. 250)
Fuente: Blood Music (1985), Chapter 41 (p. 219)
Fuente: Blood Music (1985), Chapter 41 (p. 219)
“We’ve been fighting for so long, we’ve begun to lose ourselves. And it’s getting worse.”
Fuente: Short fiction, Hardfought (1983), p. 76
“Altruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction.”
Fuente: The Forge of God (1987), Chapter 52 (p. 352)
“Can’t own a woman, Mike. Wonderful companions, can’t own them.”
Fuente: Blood Music (1985), Chapter 39 (p. 207)
Fuente: Short fiction, Hardfought (1983), p. 76
“Having one’s eyes opened doesn’t make one grateful.”
Fuente: Eon (1985), p. 291
Fuente: Blood Music (1985), Chapter 39 (p. 210)
Short fiction, The White Horse Child (1979)
Fuente: Short fiction, Hardfought (1983), p. 69
“That’s insane,” Lanier said.
“Not very. It’s politics.”
Fuente: Eon (1985), p. 153