“I think I prefer to be a Bear," said Big Bru. "I was born a Bear, and I know a Bear's ways. So I am satisfied to live as a Bear lives.”

“I love these kids. I’m just here to bear witness to their lives, because I believe that it is in bearing witness that everything is made real.”

“I wanted to become a part of my defense because I am such a part of it. Obviously I'm going to bear the consequences, so why not bear the responsibilities?”

“I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.”

“I have been Foolish and Deluded," said he, "and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”

“I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have.”

“I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib.”

“the way i need you is a loneliness i cannot bear.”

“I could bear the memory, but I could not bear the music that made the memory such a killing thing.”

“I know I am in the grip of a true poem when I can hardly bear to read it calmly at first.”