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If you could disagree with kings, were gods so far above?Elizabeth Bear
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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.Elizabeth Bear
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You know, " he said, "every time a vampire says he doesn't believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames.Elizabeth Bear
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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.Elizabeth Bear
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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.Elizabeth Bear
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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.Elizabeth Bear
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The Devil can quote scripture, after all. And monsters can say "please" and "thank you" same as any mother's son.Elizabeth Bear
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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.Elizabeth Bear
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Opinions are like kittens, " he commented. "People are always giving them away.Elizabeth Bear
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Every one of us is a minor tragedy. Most of us learn to cope.Elizabeth Bear
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Whichever group is in ascension at a given moment is, historically speaking, both unlikely to acknowledge the existence of abuses or bias, and also to justify the bias on any grounds they can - social, biological, what have you.Elizabeth Bear