# Quote — Samuel R. Delany, City of a Thousand Suns

> They could all know now if they wanted, but they are too embarrassed. Rolth, for three thousand years everyone has tried to find a word to differentiate men from other animals; some of the ancients called him the laughing animal, some the moral animal. Well, I wonder if he isn’t the embarrassed animal.

- Author: [Samuel R. Delany](https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-r-delany.md)
- Book: [City of a Thousand Suns](https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-r-delany/city-of-a-thousand-suns.md)
- Page: 294
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-r-delany/city-of-a-thousand-suns/they-could-all

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