Elizabeth Bear said this quote

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

~ Elizabeth Bear

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

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

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