“Cham Loc knew little of affairs of state, but he was aware that whenever politicians talked about matters of inflexible principle, life was scheduled to become even more difficult that usual.”
“Nothing short of religion could persuade a normal girl to make herself look so awful.”
“We’re aware of the scale of the planet, so we don’t accept that our own circumscribed horizons constitute reality. Much more real is what’s relayed to us by the TV.”
“The sound of a code being broken is usually the same as that of somebody snapping his fingers.”
“He had once, for example, put down a spokesman for the pesticide industry with a remark that people still quoted at parties: “And I presume on the eighth day God called you and said, ‘I changed my mind about insects!’ “”
“No faith can possibly suffice. It’s always undermined by ignorance.”
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