“She did not really want to know; she believed she understood already.”
Philip K. Dick book Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Source: Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974), Chapter 5 (p. 53)
“It will be centuries before she will adopt that maturity of custom — the clothing of the grave — that some people believe she is already fitted for.”
Address on accepting The Churchman Award, New York (23 May 1944)
Context: America has never forgotten — and never will forget — the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path — the path that was entered upon only one hundred and fifty years ago … How young she is! It will be centuries before she will adopt that maturity of custom — the clothing of the grave — that some people believe she is already fitted for.
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