Bear — Ancestral Night

Book page: bear-ancestral-night

From: Quotes batch 1

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Edition: Saga Press (2019)

On 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)

On 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)

On 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)