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> [Speak up, destiny, speak up! Destiny always seems decades away, but suddenly it's not decades away; it's right now. But maybe destiny is always right now, right here, right this very instant, maybe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/speak-up-destiny-speak-up-destiny-always-seems-decades-away-but/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

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## More by Walter M. Miller, Jr

> [The wild black scavengers of the skies laid their eggs in season and lovingly fed their young. They soared high over prairies and mountains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/the-wild-black-scavengers-of-the-skies-laid-their-eggs-in-season-and/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> […to abuse the intellect for reasons of pride, vanity, or escape from responsibility, is the fruit of that same tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/to-abuse-the-intellect-for-reasons-of-pride-vanity-or-escape-from/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> [Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/because-a-doubt-is-not-a-denial-doubt-is-a-powerful-tool-and-it/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> [The trouble with being a priest was that you eventually had to take the advice you gave to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/the-trouble-with-being-a-priest-was-that-you-eventually-had-to-take/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> [The captain looked defensive. "You regard our customs as primitive?"Every society to its own tastes, captain. The wisdom of one society would be folly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/the-captain-looked-defensive-you-regard-our-customs-as-primitive/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> [What's to be believed? Or does it matter at all? When mass murder's been answered with mass murder, rape with rape, hate with hate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/what-s-to-be-believed-or-does-it-matter-at-all-when-mass-murder-s-2/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> [That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/that-s-where-all-of-us-are-standing-now-he-thought-on-the-fat-2/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> [It is said that water is for cattle and farmers, that milk is for children and blood for men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/it-is-said-that-water-is-for-cattle-and-farmers-that-milk-is-for/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> [But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/but-neither-infinite-power-nor-infinite-wisdom-could-bestow-godhood/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> [Men must fumble awhile with error to separate it from truth, I think- as long as they don't seize the error hungrily because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/men-must-fumble-awhile-with-error-to-separate-it-from-truth-i-think/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> [Ask for an omen, then stone it when it comes -- de essentia hominum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/ask-for-an-omen-then-stone-it-when-it-comes-de-essentia-hominum/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> [One should be embarrassed to speak of God in the third person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/one-should-be-embarrassed-to-speak-of-god-in-the-third-person/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> [Soon the sun will set'- is that prophecy? No, it's merely an assertion of faith in the consistency of events.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/soon-the-sun-will-set-is-that-prophecy-no-it-s-merely-an-assertion-of/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> [Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery, nobility, and self-sacrifice would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/listen-my-dear-cors-why-don-t-you-forgive-god-for-allowing-pain-if-he/)

[Walter M. Miller, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr-2/)

> [I'm not so sure he's mad, Father. Just a little devious in his sanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr-2/i-m-not-so-sure-he-s-mad-father-just-a-little-devious-in-his-sanity/)

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