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Like any branch of literature, science fiction reflects the trends of current thinking.

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On his college debating team he always chose to defend religious issues rather than secular ones because he prefer the greater challenge.

The Light at the End of the Universe (1976)

I was ambassador to a planetful of things that would tell me with a straight face that two and two are orange.

The Light at the End of the Universe (1976)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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