“Science has only increased the area of the unknown. And if there is a God, her name is Mystery.”

—  Fritz Leiber , book Our Lady of Darkness

Source: Our Lady of Darkness (1977), Chapter 8 (p. 43)

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American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction 1910–1992

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