The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another.
Elizabeth BearLike 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 BearYou know," he said, "every time a vampire says he doesn't believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames.
Elizabeth Bear