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> [“In the end, the world and its civilization had not been destroyed by the purging flames of Heaven; instead it rotted away from the ground up, consumed and killed by life-forms so tiny that the eye couldn’t even see them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyo-komatsu/in-the-end-the-world-and-its-civilization-had-not-been-destroyed-by/)

[Sakyo Komatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyo-komatsu/)

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## More by Sakyo Komatsu

> [“Could these wonderful inventions have never been created without first going down the road of armaments and warfare? Was it acceptable that we scholars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyo-komatsu/could-these-wonderful-inventions-have-never-been-created-without/)

[Sakyo Komatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyo-komatsu/)

> [“Now add in deaths from old age and disease and expand that to a global scale. Please imagine the sanitary conditions in those underdeveloped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyo-komatsu/now-add-in-deaths-from-old-age-and-disease-and-expand-that-to-a/)

[Sakyo Komatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyo-komatsu/)

> [“Silverland held two oddly misplaced fears,” continued Carter. “He always acted like he was the cheerful sort who never sweated the details, but like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyo-komatsu/silverland-held-two-oddly-misplaced-fears-continued-carter-he-always/)

[Sakyo Komatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyo-komatsu/)

> [“The deep darkness of good-natured humans, which causes the noble things of humanity to spoil—the affection for a worn-out, grimy lifestyle, the quarrels between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyo-komatsu/the-deep-darkness-of-good-natured-humans-which-causes-the-noble/)

[Sakyo Komatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyo-komatsu/)

> [“Tsuchiya said in a voice that was unmistakably him talking in his sleep. “Except the problem is … what kind of ending you get …” Tanabe”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyo-komatsu/tsuchiya-said-in-a-voice-that-was-unmistakably-him-talking-in-his/)

[Sakyo Komatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyo-komatsu/)

> [“Bob, every human being acts for his or her own reasons, and they are by no means fools. Far from being fools, in each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyo-komatsu/bob-every-human-being-acts-for-his-or-her-own-reasons-and-they-are-by/)

[Sakyo Komatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyo-komatsu/)

> [“In the end, the world and its civilization had not been destroyed by the purging flames of Heaven; instead it rotted away from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyo-komatsu/in-the-end-the-world-and-its-civilization-had-not-been-destroyed-by/)

[Sakyo Komatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyo-komatsu/)

> [“Although we are moving in the right direction, one wonders how long it will take humanity to attain a consciousness of ourselves as human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyo-komatsu/although-we-are-moving-in-the-right-direction-one-wonders-how-long-it/)

[Sakyo Komatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyo-komatsu/)

> [“Ultimately, we lacked the courage to face up to our own true selves—our bare forms noble though petty, everything though nothing, almighty though powerless,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyo-komatsu/ultimately-we-lacked-the-courage-to-face-up-to-our-own-true-selves/)

[Sakyo Komatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyo-komatsu/)

> [“There were unofficial discussions at the time about what would have happened if, heaven forbid, that nuclear warhead had exploded on American soil. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyo-komatsu/there-were-unofficial-discussions-at-the-time-about-what-would-have/)

[Sakyo Komatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyo-komatsu/)

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