“ There were spaceships again in that century, and the ships were manned by fuzzy impossibilities that walked on two legs and sprouted tufts of hair in unlikely anatomical regions. They were a garrulous… Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ 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… Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins. Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ The visage of Lucifer mushroomed into hideousness above the cloudbank, rising slowly like some titan climbing to its feet after ages of imprisonment in the Earth. Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ What did you do for them, Bone? Teach them to read and write? Help them rebuild, give the, Christ, help restore a culture? Did you remember to warn the, that it could never be Eden? Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ Be for Man the memory of Earth and Origin. Remember this Earth. Never forget her, but — never come back. If you come back, you might meet the Archangel at the east end of Earth, guarding her passes wi… Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ Then his singing paused, and he stood for a moment to cry out softly in the vernacular of the region: 'Blest be Adonoi Elohim, King of All, who maketh bread to spring forth from the earth,' in a sort… Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ What did you do for them, Bone? Teach them to read and write? Help them rebuild, give them Christ, help restore a culture? Did you remember to warn them that it could never be Eden? 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. Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ He did not like saying it. To communicate a fact seemed always to lend it fuller existence. Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ The visitor shrugged. "Like euthanasia? I'm sorry, Father, I feel that the laws of a society are what make something a crime or not a crime. I'm aware that you don't agree. And there can be bad laws,… 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 that tongue had always been one of his weak point… Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ To minimize suffering and to maximize security were natural and proper ends of society and Caesar. But then they became the only ends, somehow, and the only basis of law—a perversion. Inevitably, then… Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ M'Lord, I know from history that once upon a time in a much earlier Church, a vocation to the priesthood meant a call from the bishop, not necessarily a call from God. And I heard the Bishop of Rome h… Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ He prayed for the recovery of that inward privacy which the purpose of his vigil demanded that he seek: a clean parchment of the spirit whereon the words of a summons might be written in his solitude—… Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ The closer men came to perfecting for themselves a paradise, the more impatient they became with it, and with themselves as well. They made a garden of pleasure, and became progressively more miserabl… Walter M. Miller Jr.
“ Science Fiction has always attracted more talented writers than it could reward adequately. Walter M. Miller Jr.
