# Quote — Philip José Farmer, To Your Scattered Bodies Go

> In a frenzy, kicking his legs and moving his arms in a swimmer's breaststroke, he managed to fight toward the rod. The closer he got to it, the stronger the web of force became. He did not give up. If he did, he would be back where he had been and without enough strength to begin fighting again. It was not his nature to give up until all his strength had been expended.

- Author: [Philip José Farmer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-jose-farmer.md)
- Book: [To Your Scattered Bodies Go](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-jose-farmer/to-your-scattered-bodies-go.md)
- Page: 4
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer#To_Your_Scattered_Bodies_Go_(1971)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-jose-farmer/to-your-scattered-bodies-go/in-a-frenzy

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> Burton, though an infidel, made it his business to investigate thoroughly every religion. Know a man’s faith, and you knew at least half the man. Know his wife, and you knew the other half.

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> Burton did not believe in miracles. Nothing happened that could not be explained by physical principles — if you knew all the facts.

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