“I nearly committed a terrible sin," said Brutha. "I nearly ate fruit on a fruitless day."
"That's a terrible thing, a terrible thing," said Om. "Now cut the melon.”
― Small Gods
"That's a terrible thing, a terrible thing," said Om. "Now cut the melon.”
― Small Gods
“There’s no point in believing in things that exist.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
“The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
“The figures looked more or less human. And they were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it's not murder if you do it for a god).”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
“That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all is truth beauty and is beauty truth, and does a falling tree in the forest make a sound if there's no one there to hear it, and then just when you think they're going to start dribbling one of 'em says, incidentally, putting a thirty-foot parabolic reflector on a high place to shoot the rays of the sun at an enemy's ships would be a very interesting demonstration of optical principles.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
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