Walter M. Miller Jr.

Quotes

• “You heard him say it? 'Pain's the only evil I know about.' You heard that?"The monk nodded solemnly."And that society is...”
• “He prayed for the recovery of that inward privacy which the purpose of his vigil demanded that he seek: a clean parchmen...”
• “After the Guam conference ended, it was reported that Pope Gregory ceased to pray for peace in the world. Two special Ma...”
• “To minimize suffering and to maximize security were natural and proper ends of society and Caesar. But then they became ...”
• “M'Lord, I know from history that once upon a time in a much earlier Church, a vocation to the priesthood meant a call fr...”
• “And how will this come to pass?' He paused and lowered his voice. ' In the same way all change comes to pass, I fear, An...”
• “Ignorance is king. Many would not profit by his abdication. Many enrich themselves by means of his dark monarchy. They a...”
• “What did you do for them, Bone? Teach them to read and write? Help them rebuild, give the, Christ, help restore a cultur...”
• “The visage of Lucifer mushroomed into hideousness above the cloudbank, rising slowly like some titan climbing to its fee...”
• “But you've always used words so wordily in crafty defense of your Trinity, although He never needed such defense before ...”
• “Steel screams when it's forged, it gasps when it's quenched. It creaks when it goes under load. I think even steel is sc...”
• “That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.”
• “I mean Jesus never asked a man to do a damn thing that Jesus didn’t do.”
• “It is not what you meant to say, but it is what your saying meant.”