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“Because the universe was full of ignorance all around and the scientist panned through it like a prospector crouched over a mountain stream, looking for the gold of knowledge among the gravel of unreason, the sand of uncertainty and the little whiskery eight-legged swimming things of superstition.”
― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad

“Superstition...is what we call the miracles we don't approve of.”
― Robert Charles Wilson, Darwinia

“[N]ot my name, my secret idea of myself.”
― Robert Charles Wilson, Darwinia

“His words cost him so much, she thought, not like hers that just came dancing out of the air and went back into it. He spoke from his marrow. It made what he said a solemn compliment, which she accepted gratefully...”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Four Ways to Forgiveness