We are being protected from hysteria. Isn't that what they call it? Maniacs! The world's been in a state of crisis for fifty years. What am I saying? It's been in a habitual state of crisis since the beginning — but for half a century now, almost unbearable. And , for the love of God? What is the fundamental irritant, the essence of the tension? Political philosophies? Economics? Population pressure? Disparity of culture and creed? Ask a dozen experts, get a dozen answers. Now Lucifer again. Is the species congenitally insane, Brother?
Walter M. Miller