Darkness Quote by Walter M. Miller Jr

“What I impose, I must accept.”

— Walter M. Miller Jr

“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

“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

“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

“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

“The trouble with the world is me.”

— Walter M. Miller Jr

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“The monk's ultimate goal is direct union with the Godhead. But to aim at that goal is to miss it altogether. His task is…

— Walter M. Miller Jr