Quotes from book
The Forge of God

Name: The Forge of God
Author: Greg Bear

The Forge of God is a 1987 science fiction novel by American writer Greg Bear. Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.

““We’d like to agree with you.” He glanced at Arthur.
“We can’t, however,” Arthur said.
“For the moment, then, amicable disagreement and open minds.””

Greg Bear book The Forge of God

Source: The Forge of God (1987), Chapter 24 (p. 159)

“I sometimes think we deserve to die, we’re all so goddamned stupid.”

Greg Bear book The Forge of God

Source: The Forge of God (1987), Chapter 50 (p. 342)

“Apocalypse could not be repealed by the democratic process.”

Greg Bear book The Forge of God

Source: The Forge of God (1987), Chapter 34 (p. 250)

“It’s not impossible,” Minelli said.
“No,” Edward admitted, “but it’s paranoid as hell, and that’s the last thing we need, more fear.”

Greg Bear book The Forge of God

Source: The Forge of God (1987), Chapter 37 (p. 264)

“Altruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction.”

Greg Bear book The Forge of God

Source: The Forge of God (1987), Chapter 52 (p. 352)

“A Stellar’s jay hopped along behind him, watching closely for dropped crumbs. “It’s dark,” he told the bird. “Go to sleep. I've eaten already. Where were you? No food now.” The bird persisted, however; it knew humans were liars.”

Greg Bear book The Forge of God

Source: The Forge of God (1987), Chapter 54 (p. 362)

“Life on earth is hard. Competition for the necessities of life is fierce. How ridiculous to believe that the law of harsh survival would not be true elsewhere, or that it would be negated by the progress of technology in an advanced civilization…”

Greg Bear book The Forge of God

Source: The Forge of God (1987), Chapter 52 (p. 352)

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