On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera Quotes

“Everybody expects something from you, and it’s rarely for you to be yourself. It’s your job to put everybody else first. To take care of them.
Well, I’m tired of it.
No computers under water. No particle accelerators. No—to judge from what Albert said—scientists.
I’m not sure that is the place for me, either. I’m not sure the place for me exists.”
― Elizabeth Bear, On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

“You can’t avoid the sea forever,” he said. “It can outwait anyone”
― Elizabeth Bear, On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

“I guess interdimensional travel takes it out of you.”
― Elizabeth Bear, On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

“The stranger led us through ways that defied deception, around buildings that seemed for twist into new shapes with every step we took.”
― Elizabeth Bear, On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

“While I was still gasping, two sickly conjured suns rose: behind, I was relieved to note, the black domes and twisted, monolithic towers.”
― Elizabeth Bear, On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

“If his tone were any more soaked in exasperation, it would be dripping.”
― Elizabeth Bear, On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

“I acknowledge there’s no good way to think about pus. There are probably good ways to think about maggots, if you’re an entomologist.”
― Elizabeth Bear, On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

“You can’t win an argument with the sea.”
― Elizabeth Bear, On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera