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That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

There is a difference between tragedy and blind brutal calamity. Tragedy has meaning, and there is dignity in it. Tragedy stands with its shoulders stiff and proud. But there is no meaning, no dignity, no fulfillment, in the death of a child.

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

To minimize suffering and to maximize security were natural and proper ends of society and Caesar. But then they became the only ends, somehow, and the only basis of law — a perversion. Inevitably, then, in seeking only them, we found only their opposites: maximum suffering and minimum security.

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Born: January 23, 1923

Died: January 9, 1996 (aged 72)

Bio: Walter Michael Miller, Jr. was an American science fiction writer. Today he is primarily known for A Canticle for Leibowitz, the only novel he published in his lifetime. Prior to its publication he was a prolific writer of short stories.

Known for:

A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman
The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1980)
Conditionally Human (1962)
Death of a Spaceman

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