“He’s not really a religious man, but he knows which side his bread’s buttered on. The churches pay his salary, so he doesn’t want anyone rocking the boat with unorthodox rumours.”

—  Alastair Reynolds , book Absolution Gap

Source: Absolution Gap (2003), Chapter 28 (p. 441)

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