"Perhaps in his loneliness he had acquired the silent conviction that he was 'the last', the one, the only. And, being the last, he ceased to be Benjamin, becoming Israel. And upon his heart had settle..."
- Walter M. Miller Jr.
"But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well."
"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."
"But you've always used words so wordily in crafty defense of your Trinity, although He never needed such defense before you got Him from me as a Unity."
"You heard him say it? 'Pain's the only evil I know about.' You heard that?"The monk nodded solemnly."And that society is the only thing that determines whether an act is wrong or not? That too?""Yes."..."
"Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history."
"Steel screams when it's forged, it gasps when it's quenched. It creaks when it goes under load. I think even steel is scared, son."
"Ignorance is king. Many would not profit by his abdication. Many enrich themselves by means of his dark monarchy. They are his Court, and in his name they defraud and govern, enrich themselves and per..."
"After the Guam conference ended, it was reported that Pope Gregory ceased to pray for peace in the world. Two special Masses were sung in the basilica: the Exsurge quare obdormis, Mass against the Hea..."
"And how will this come to pass?' He paused and lowered his voice. ' In the same way all change comes to pass, I fear, And I am sorry it is so. It will come to pass by violence and upheaval, by flame a..."