12 Quotes by Steven Barnes

Every father wants his son to have the advantages he himself was denied. But then, if you provide those advantages, you risk producing a weakling. The core parental paradox.

Saying spirituality cannot exist without religion is like saying hamburgers cannot exist without McDonald's.

Someone asked me about the difference between love and lust. Hmmm. That will take a little thought. How to tell the difference? Well, for guys, if she looks better AFTER you've made love to her than before, that might be love. If you find yourself itching to get out the door afterward, probably just lust, y'know?

If Mozart had been born a Kalahari Bushman, he’d have been known as the best drummer in his family.

Aidan and Kai were almost the same height, but frequently Kai seemed smaller, even less mature. Aidan couldn't completely explain it. Certainly, Kai had suffered far less in his life. Aidan wondered how Kai would have coped with the horrors he himself had endured, and allowed himself a cold smile at the thought of the bookish Kai chained in a screwship's dark hold, squirming in his own shit.

All either of us needed was the right dream.

Perfectionism is procrastination masquerading as quality control.

She obviously had spent a tremendous amount of her early life feeling very, very alone. She had no tribe. She didn't fit in any place. Her own family thought she was nuts ... because of what she wanted to do with her life.

Women in general were rare in the science fiction field, and black women, ha.