You have need of learning, children, in order that the whor… - Gene Wolfe

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You have need of learning, children, in order that the whorl will someday have need of you.

Gene Wolfe

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Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He has won many awards in the field, and is hailed by prominent critics and writers as one of the best and most important then-living science fiction authors.

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People who wish to be lost always get their way.

We don't harm the gods when we mingle their names with our curses and obscenities. We harm ourselves. I said that I didn't regard most gods as holy, but they don't have to be for our malice and mockery to recoil upon ourselves.

The true dawn of adulthood, of intellectual maturity, if you like, is the realization that adults are all fools.

You have need of learning, children, in order that the whorl will someday have need of you. - Gene Wolfe

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