Walter M. Miller, Jr. Quotes

When you tire of living, change itself seems evil, does it not? for then any change at all disturbs the deathlike peace of the life-weary.

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

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• I enjoy passing time in my house. I'll get up, head out on the terrace, think about what to do, fool around oiling the floorboards or hanging pictures askew.

  

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• Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated.

  

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• When you tire of living, change itself seems evil, does it not? for then any change at all disturbs the deathlike peace of the life-weary.

  

  Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • Peace
  • Living
  • Tire