The Chains That You Refuse Quotes

“Like the minor poet who knows the meanness of his gift, I am doomed to a lifetime of frustration: to be able to comprehend beauty, but not create it.”
― Elizabeth Bear, The Chains That You Refuse

“There were worse days to be alive.”
― Elizabeth Bear, The Chains That You Refuse

“Friendship can snap like ice, just as you trust it with your weight.”
― Elizabeth Bear, The Chains That You Refuse

“We’re both human now, human and wounded, and we’ve seen each other weak.”
― Elizabeth Bear, The Chains That You Refuse

“It’s sexy. Far sexier than the rest of my fire-scarred body, and I hate it with the sort of idealogical loathing that used to be reserved for nuclear weapons and politicians.”
― Elizabeth Bear, The Chains That You Refuse