“As Brother Francis readily admitted, his mastery of pre-Deluge English was far from masterful yet. The way nouns could sometimes modify other… — Walter M. Miller Jr Dog food 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.… — Walter M. Miller Jr Freedom 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.… — Walter M. Miller Jr Around the corner Copy Share Image
“Earth - it was a place where you could stop being afraid, a place where fear of suffocation was not, where fear… — Walter M. Miller Jr Fear 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… — Walter M. Miller Jr Darkness 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… — Walter M. Miller Jr Simpletons Copy Share Image
“Are you an atheist?" "Oh no, I honor all the gods." "And how many belong to that all ?" "Countless. And one… — Walter M. Miller Jr Too long 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… — 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… — Walter M. Miller Jr Darkness 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,… — Walter M. Miller Jr Last day Copy Share Image
“The monk's ultimate goal is direct union with the Godhead. But to aim at that goal is to miss it altogether. His… — Walter M. Miller Jr Goals Copy Share Image
“Ignorance is king. Many would not profit by his abdication. Many enrich themselves by means of his dark monarchy. They are his… — Walter M. Miller Jr Ignorance Copy Share Image
“He soon decided that almost any fact could be accepted calmly after it had already happened. Men would be just as calm… — Walter M. Miller Jr Big business Copy Share Image
“But you've always used words so wordily in crafty defense of your Trinity, although He never needed such defense before you got… — Walter M. Miller Jr Christianity Copy Share Image
“Dom Paulo had not expected to convince him. But it was with a heavy heart that the abbot noticed the plodding patience… — Walter M. Miller Jr Heavy heart Copy Share Image
“Perhaps in his loneliness he had acquired the silent conviction that he was 'the last', the one, the only. And, being the… — Walter M. Miller Jr Faith Copy Share Image
“The Memorabilia, the abbey's small patrimony of knowledge out of the past, had been walled up in underground vaults to protect the… — Walter M. Miller Jr Time Copy Share Image
“The visitor shrugged. "Like euthanasia? I'm sorry, Father, I feel that the laws of a society are what make something a crime… — Walter M. Miller Jr Law Copy Share Image
“Insofar as thought could be governed at all, it could only be commanded to follow what reason affirmed anyhow; command it otherwise… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“If you try to save wisdom until the world is wise, Father, the world will never have it.” — Walter M. Miller Jr Foolishness Copy Share Image
“The visage of Lucifer mushroomed into hideousness above the cloudbank, rising slowly like some titan climbing to its feet after ages of… — Walter M. Miller Jr Apocalypse Copy Share Image
“When there was fear, men huddled in small groups and counted their friends on their fingers, and all else was Foe. ” — Walter M. Miller Jr Fear Copy Share Image
“He fought because it was considered the 'thing to do,' because he liked the people he had to live with, and because… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
