"Soon the sun will set'- is that prophecy?……" — Walter M. Miller, Jr.

"Soon the sun will set'- is that prophecy? No, it's merely an assertion of faith in the consistency of events."

— Walter M. Miller, Jr.

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22 Quotes by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Walter M. Miller, Jr. has 22 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Bless me Father, I ate a lizard.
One should be embarrassed to speak of God in the third person.
Speak up, destiny, speak up! Destiny always seems decades away, but suddenly it's not decades away; it's right now. But…
The captain looked defensive. "You regard our customs as primitive?"Every society to its own tastes, captain. The wisdom of one…
Fire, loveliest of the four elements of the world, and yet an element too in Hell. While it burned adoringly…
I'm not so sure he's mad, Father. Just a little devious in his sanity.
That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.
It is said that water is for cattle and farmers, that milk is for children and blood for men.
The trouble with being a priest was that you eventually had to take the advice you gave to others.
Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery,…
To minimize suffering and to maximize security were natural and proper ends of society and Caesar. But then they became…
Ask for an omen, then stone it when it comes -- de essentia hominum.

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More Assertion Quotes

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Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he… — Laozi
I was being foolish. An atheist can't stand behind their assertion that God doesn't exist. The stupidest thing I ever… — Kirk Cameron
Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority. — Oscar Wilde
What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or… — Oscar Wilde
One keeps healthy in wartime...by a vigorous assertion of values in which war has no part. — Randolph Bourne
The assertion that it is the intention of the German Reich to coerce the Austrian State is absurd! — Adolf Hitler
Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One… — Ayn Rand
Rejection is a form of self-assertion. You have only to look back upon yourself as a person who hates this… — George Santayana
... In contrast to the "banality of evil," which posits that ordinary people can be responsible for the most despicable… — Philip Zimbardo
Logic is not satisfied with assertion. It cares nothing for the opinions of the great; nothing for the prejudices of… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the… — Charles Spurgeon

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