Steven Barnes Quotes

Steven Barnes is an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer. He has written novels, short fiction, screen plays for television, scripts for comic books, animation, newspaper copy, and magazine articles. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. March 1952
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Famous Steven Barnes Quotes

“The world doesn’t give a damn what we feel or want. Only what we are, and what we do.”

Source: Street Lethal (1983), Chapter 17 “Alpha-Alpha” (p. 250)

“Definitions are just words, just labels. And once you label something, the label gets between you and the thing.”

Source: Street Lethal (1983), Chapter 16 “Warrior” (p. 239)

“Hate comes from the past, fear from the future. Pain and pleasure are now, and therefore their own trap.”

Source: Street Lethal (1983), Chapter 16 “Warrior” (p. 234)

“I’m damned tired of being needed. Being needed is just the flip side of being royally screwed.”

Source: Street Lethal (1983), Chapter 10 “The Scavengers” (p. 138)

“The price of chemical ecstasy was a dear one, paid in flesh and spirit.”

Source: Street Lethal (1983), Chapter 5 “Knight Takes Pawn” (pp. 64-65)

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