“He could think only of the girl and the child. He was certain she had been ready to change her mind, had… — Walter M. Miller Jr Children Copy Share Image
“I mean Jesus never asked a man to do a damn thing that Jesus didn’t do.” — Walter M. Miller Jr Christianity Copy Share Image
“Lucey had been younger then—younger and wilder, and not afraid of shame.” — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“Probing the womb of the future is bad for the child.” — Walter M. Miller Jr Children 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 Wisdom Copy Share Image
“You heard him say it? 'Pain's the only evil I know about.' You heard that?" The monk nodded solemnly. "And that society… — Walter M. Miller Jr Heresy Copy Share Image
“If Frank were to see me like this,” she thought, “he would put me to bed with a couple of sleeping pills,… — Walter M. Miller Jr Psychology Copy Share Image
“After the Guam conference ended, it was reported that Pope Gregory ceased to pray for peace in the world. Two special Masses… — Walter M. Miller Jr Justice Copy Share Image
“Are we doomed to it, Lord, chained to the pendulum of our own mad clockwork, helpless to halt its swing?” — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“The dead must humor the mourners, he thought, and the sick must comfort the visitors. It was always so.” — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“Steel screams when it's forged, it gasps when it's quenched. It creaks when it goes under load. I think even steel is… — Walter M. Miller Jr Fear 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 Hubris Copy Share Image
“The closer men came to perfecting for themselves a paradise, the more impatient they seemed to become with it, and with themselves… — Walter M. Miller Jr Darkness Copy Share Image
“There seems to be at least one common denominator to all intelligent life: it was bipedal and bimannual. Four legs was the… — Walter M. Miller Jr Common denominator Copy Share Image
“Nayrol is without speech and therefore never lies…" (Nayrol is) one of the nature gods of the Red River people. Objective evidence… — Walter M. Miller Jr Communication Copy Share Image
“Centuries old, but recently widened, the highway was the same road used by pagan armies, pilgrims, peasants, donkey carts, nomads, wild horsemen… — Walter M. Miller Jr Long ago Copy Share Image
“You don’t have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.” — Walter M. Miller Jr Body-soul Copy Share Image
“He prayed for the recovery of that inward privacy which the purpose of his vigil demanded that he seek: a clean parchment… — Walter M. Miller Jr Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“Could a man decide, 'I am right, and everyone else is wrong?' No evidence of a malfunction, he thought. I am not… — Walter M. Miller Jr War Copy Share Image
“For Man was a culture-bearer as well as a soul-bearer, but his cultures were not immortal and they could die with a… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“Francis began the actual illumination of the lambskin. The intricacies of scrollwork and the excruciating delicacy of the gold-inlay work would, because… — Walter M. Miller Jr Aches and pains Copy Share Image
“The closer men came to perfecting for themselves a paradise, the more impatient they became with it, and with themselves as well.… — Walter M. Miller Jr Beauty 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 Anti-intellectualism Copy Share Image
“There were spaceships again in that century, an dthe ships were manned by fuzzy impossibilities that walked on two legs and sprouted… — Walter M. Miller Jr Humanity Copy Share Image
“We are the centuries... We have your eoliths and your mesoliths and your neoliths. We have your Babylons and your Pompeiis, your… — Walter M. Miller Jr Caesar Copy Share Image
