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Category: Elizabeth Bear

The Devil can quote scripture, after all. And monsters can say “please” and “thank you” same as any mother’s son.

evil, the-devil

She was alive. She was alive, and she had found her power — or it had found her.Tomorrow’s problems she’d take care of tomorrow.

confidence, inspiration, magician, power

Some would say a whore don’t have no expectation of Heaven. I’d say, if she gives value for cash, she’s got a better shot at God’s blessing than your average banker. Jesus loved Mary Magdalene. He kicked over tables when He met a moneylender.

heaven, jesus, prostitutes, whores

Every one of us is a minor tragedy. Most of us learn to cope.

coping, drama, life

Opinions are like kittens,” he commented. “People are always giving them away.

cat, cats, kittens, opinions

Angelo,” he said, and felt the bed rock as Angelo shuddered, caught halfway between REM atonia – the inhibition of movement caused by the shutdown of monoamines in the brain – and waking.

biology, brain-chemistry, hard-sci-fi, hard-science-fiction, neuroscience, sleep

You know,” he said, “every time a vampire says he doesn’t believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames.

belief, vampires, werewolves

If you could disagree with kings, were gods so far above?

belief, gods, kings, philosophy

She said, “You’re a warrior. So how do you kill without rage?””In compassion. Because of necessity.” Hrahima set the empty water bowl back in Samarkar’s hands. “The same way you carry water.

compassion, killing, mercy, necessity, philosophy

What was a book? Not just ink and fiber and stitchery: a series of processes. To a wizard, it was not a static object–but a human thought caught and bound, made concrete through sacred technology. Magic, then, and a deep form of it.

books, magic, reading

You know,” he said, “every time a vampire says he doesn’t believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames.

belief, vampires, werewolves