Ask for an omen, then stone it when it comes -- de essentia hominum. Walter M. Miller, Jr. More Quotes by Walter M. Miller, Jr. More Quotes From Walter M. Miller, Jr. The trouble with being a priest was that you eventually had to take the advice you gave to others. Walter M. Miller, Jr. priests trouble advice ....Nature imposes nothing on you that Nature doesn't prepare you to bear. Walter M. Miller, Jr. bears Soon the sun will set'- is that prophecy? No, it's merely an assertion of faith in the consistency of events. Walter M. Miller, Jr. consistency events sun