City of Endless Night

“The fear of darkness," I said, "is the fear of ignorance.””

— Milo Hastings

“The second form of government is a republic, sometimes called a democracy. It is usually co-existent with the lawyer, the priest, the family and the greed for gold. But in reality this government is by the rich men, who let the poor men vote and think they have a share in the government, thus to keep them contented with their poverty.””

— Milo Hastings

“I wandered on through the carnival of Berlin's Level of Free Women. Despite my longing for human companionship I found it difficult to join in this strange recrudescent paganism with any ease or grace.””

— Milo Hastings

“Napoleon said that if you tell men they are equal you can do as you please with them.””

— Milo Hastings

“As in all political and religious faiths founded on the ideas of dead heroes, this made for solidarity and power and quite prevented any adaptation of the form of government to the needs of the world that had arisen since his demise. I””

— Milo Hastings

“But the German ass wore the blinders that science had made--and saw no angel. ~8~””

— Milo Hastings

“We were merely not so completely civilized, because we had never been wholly domesticated.””

— Milo Hastings

“Evidently I was Karl Armstadt and very happily a chemical engineer by profession. My task of impersonation so far looked feasible--I could talk chemical engineering.””

— Milo Hastings

“If I am to make love to you I want to make love to a woman who is really free; a woman free to accept or reject love, not starved into accepting it in this so-called freedom.””

— Milo Hastings