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Walter M. Miller Jr. Quote

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

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

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About Walter M. Miller Jr.

Walter Michael Miller Jr. (January 23, 1923 – January 9, 1996) was an American science fiction writer. His fix-up novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959), the only novel published in his lifetime, won the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Prior to its publication, he was a writer of short stories.