Bear: Ancestral Night
Summary: Ancestral Night by Bear (Saga Press (2019)). (Stub — expand from highlights.)
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Source pages: Ancestral Night, Quotes batch 1
Quote pages: Bear — Ancestral Night
Last updated: 2026-05-07
Quotes
Cognition & Confirmation Bias
“As a result, your brain is pretty good at finding patterns, and at disregarding information that doesn’t fit. Which means it’s also pretty good at finding false patterns, and at confirmation bias, and a bunch of other things that can be fatal.” (p. 88)
Consciousness & Forgiveness
“We think of forgiveness as a thing. An incident. A choice. But forgiveness is a process. A long, exhausting process. A series of choices that we have to make over, and over, and over again.” (p. 312)
Identity & Hierarchy
“Earth could have learned a long time ago that securing initial and ongoing consent, rather than attempting to assert hierarchy, is key to a nonconfrontational relationship.” (p. 156)