“There are no atheists in foxholes,” he remembered, but the whole world now was nothing but a huge foxhole… — George R. Stewart
“There are no atheists in foxholes,” he remembered, but the whole world now was nothing but a huge foxhole! But certainly what had happened did not inspire one to think that God was particularly interested in the human race, or in its individuals.
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