“If you try to save wisdom until the world is wise, Father, the world will never have it.” — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“Like any wise ruler, Abbot Arkos did not issue orders vainly, when to disobey was possible and to enforce was not possible.… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“But the princes, putting the words of their wise men to naught, thought each to himself: If I but strike quickly enough,… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“As Brother Francis readily admitted, his mastery of pre-Deluge English was far from masterful yet. The way nouns could sometimes modify other nouns in… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“Yes, yes, but the freedom to speculate is essential-" "No one has tried to deprive you of that. Nor is anyone offended. But to… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“And yet he felt forebodings. Some nameless threat lurked just around the corner of the world for the sun to rise again. The feeling… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“Earth - it was a place where you could stop being afraid, a place where fear of suffocation was not, where fear of blowout… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“When the world was in darkness and wretchedness, it could believe in perfection and yearn for it. But when the world became bright with… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“Simpletons! Yes, yes! I'm a simpleton! Are you a simpleton? We'll build a town and we'll name it Simple Town, because by then all… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“Are you an atheist?" "Oh no, I honor all the gods." "And how many belong to that all ?" "Countless. And one ." "How… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“Tell me, how would you feel if everyone screamed and ran when they saw you coming, or hunted you down like a criminal? How… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“When the world was in darkness and wretchedness, it could believe in perfection and yearn for it. But when the world became bright with… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“It never was any better, it never will be any better. It will only be richer or poorer, sadder but not wiser, until the… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
