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The gods, after all, are only human, and once their rage has been placated they are perfectly capable of acts of mercy and grace.
The Man Who Had No Idea (and other stories) (1982)
People in intolerable circumstances will pray to anything. Truly, there are no atheists in foxholes: the men there pray to the bombs that they may land somewhere else.
The Roaches (1965)
Shadows are like plants. They need sunlight simply to exist.
There was nothing like shared meals, so the experts at IBM claimed, for overcoming one's basic disbelief in the existence of other people.
The Man Who Had No Idea (and other stories) (1982)
He especially liked ads for shampoos and hair coloring. The women in them seemed to regard their hair as independent, capricious entities, whom they must placate and provide with food.
The Man Who Had No Idea (and other stories) (1982)
All the things that happen and seem so important at the time, and yet you forget them, one after another.
Emancipation: A Romance of the Times to Come (1971)
Boz, who had no patience with Science, always confused north and south.
Emancipation: A Romance of the Times to Come (1971)
PLANNED FREEDOM IS THE ROAD TO LASTING PROGRESS.
Marvin Kolodny responded with a boyish grin and offered his hand. An American flag has been tattooed on his right forearm. On a scroll circling the flagpole was the following inscription
The Man Who Had No Idea (and other stories) (1982)
...there, strung out under the cornice of the building, was the motto, which he had never noticed before, of the Federal Communications Agency
The Man Who Had No Idea (and other stories) (1982)
Jobs are like going to church: it’s nice once or twice a year to sing along and eat something and all that, but unless you really believe there’s something holy going on, it gets to be a drag going in every single week.
Emancipation: A Romance of the Times to Come (1971)