I have thought a little about a telepathic community, and I have decid — Michael Bishop

"God could hardly damn me for a coward, great cosmic exemplar of laissez-faire that he is."

"His foot always got caught in that wide, loose stirrup: his mouth."

"What was reprehensible in being fearful in the presence of the unknown?"

"Coercion is the tool of the desperate."

"“The True Word. Once every quarter, once every new-style month, I preach it.” “The True Word on what? Everybody’s got his own true word, you know.” “On how not to die, woman. The basis of every religion.” “No,” Zoe said. Not every one of them; just the ones that don’t know exactly what to do with the here-and-now.”"

"But each man who worships you sees only what he wishes to see rather than any mystery you may actually embody."