Greg Bear Quotes

There are many things that I don't understand.

Confusion is not an ignoble condition

People in this world look at things mistakenly, and think that what they do not understand must be the void. This is not the true void. It is bewilderment.

Now for me, you're the irreplaceable one: I've never see you up so close before, and I do not understand you at all. You say sometimes I act like I don't see you? I don't even know where to look! Living with you around is like is like living with a permanent dazzle. The fact that you even like me, or look at me, or brush by me, or hug me, or hold me, is so surprising that after it's over I have to go back through it a dozen times in my head to savor it and try and figure out what it was like because I was too busy being astounded while it was happening.

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

O world, world when I was younger I thought there was some order governing you and your deeds. But now you seem to be a labyrinth of errors, a frightful desert, a den of wild beasts, a game in which men move in circles…a stony field, a meadow full of serpents, a flowering but barren orchard, a spring of cares, a river of tears, a sea of suffering, a vain hope.

The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It is all around us and our only chance now is to let it in. The only chance of renovation is to open our eyes and see the mess. It is not a mess you can make sense of.

You always admire what you really don't understand. - Eleanor Roosevelt

The more I see, the less I know.

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece.

I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.

The world is this incredibly blurry, crazy dream that I'm just sort of stumbling through.

But I still couldn't figure out what it all meant. The more I found out, the less I understood.

We live in a bewildering world.

To be honest everything goes over my head a bit.

But here's the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I could figure out why people would actually watch other people doing it. I have tried. I can't. I can't even figure out the object of the game. Is it like darts? I just don't get it.

Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.

Women! I have no idea. I don't know anything about women at all. They're a complete mystery to me.

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.

Assume nobody else has any idea what they're doing, either.

The world is noisy and messy. You need to deal with the noise and uncertainty.

Ultimately, it's a pretty confusing moment.

For my part, it was Greek to me.

Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to end up by wearing all the skin of his left ear from twirling around on it.