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Walter M. Miller, Jr. Quotes: It is said that water is for cattle and farmers, that milk is for children and blood for men.
         

It is said that water is for cattle and farmers, that milk is for children and blood for men.


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Bless me Father, I ate a lizard.



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I'm not so sure he's mad, Father. Just a little devious in his sanity.



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....to abuse the intellect for reasons of pride, vanity, or escape from responsibility, is the fruit of that same tree.



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But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well.



Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery, nobility, and self-sacrifice would all be meaningless things.

Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery, nobility, and self-sacrifice would all be meaningless things.



That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.

That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.



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

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



When you tire of living, change itself seems evil, does it not? for then any change at all disturbs the deathlike peace of the life-weary.

When you tire of living, change itself seems evil, does it not? for then any change at all disturbs the deathlike peace of the life-weary.



Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history.

Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history.





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