I can’t tell you if the stories are true. Men lie without meaning to. They talk as if they had been part of a thing that happened to someone they nev… - Leigh Brackett

Hell, how do you think the human race ever learned anything, except by trial and error?"
"But it all takes such a long, long time," said Len."
"Everything takes a long time. Birthing takes nine months, and dying takes you all the rest of your life, and what are you complaining about, anyway?

He could hear Pa’s voice saying, “A man’s religion, his sect, is his own affair. But those people have no religion or sect. They’re a mob, with a mob’s fear and cruelty, and with half-crazy, cunning men stirring them up against others.”

Was he trying to frighten you?"
"I don't think so," said Len. "I think he was just telling me the truth.