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“It was too much for the mullah. “It is forbidden to alter the creations of Allah!” he erupted. “If sculpture is enjoined by the Prophet, how much greater an abomination is it to sculpt living flesh? Six-legged camels! Horses with toes! Turbofalcons and three-headed hunting dogs! The production of novelties for the idle rich! And now the idolaters have not shrunk from dabbling in man himself!”
Donald Moffitt, Crescent in the Sky
“What good is a truck?” the man went on. “Can it forage for its own fuel? Can it go where a camel goes? Can it repair its own wounds? Can it sire more trucks? Machines are no good here in the Emptiness!”
Donald Moffitt, Crescent in the Sky
“Ya Abdul,” Aziz said quietly, “for each of us in this universe of tears, Allah places a special treasure. Some people never find theirs, and go to the Day of Decision unfulfilled. I’ve found my treasure, and I knew it right away. You don’t let it get away. Allah has placed yours right under your nose. But your neck is too stiff to bend.”
Donald Moffitt, A Gathering of Stars

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