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Quotes from The Book of Ptath — A. E. van Vogt

1912–2000 Canada

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Religious habits had in their texture a conservatism unmatched by any other human institution.

The Book of Ptath (1947)

Thank the goddess! What a monstrous obscenity. Thank the goddess! Vile, lecherous, lascivious witch! Wretched debauched, wanton, bloody, devil woman!

The Book of Ptath (1947)

But the possible extent of the disaster couldn’t make any difference. Way back in 1944 people had learned that lesson. Horror must be ignored, unflinchingly faced; and patient preparation made for the hour when evil could be ended in one devastating and overwhelming blow.

The Book of Ptath (1947)

Religion, you see, is not in its roots adoration of a god or a goddess. Religion is fear. Religion is the spark that issues forth when the thought of death or danger strikes the individual. It’s personal. It grows out of darkness and uncertainty.

The Book of Ptath (1947)

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