# Quote — Tom Holt, Expecting Someone Taller

> Malcolm had never been greatly inclined to metaphysical or religious speculation, but he had hoped that if there was a supreme being or divine agency, it would at least show the elements of logic and common sense in its actions. Seemingly, not so. On the other hand, the revelation that the destiny of the world had been shaped by a bunch of verbose idiots went some way towards explaining the problems of human existence.

- Author: [Tom Holt](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tom-holt.md)
- Book: [Expecting Someone Taller](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tom-holt/expecting-someone-taller.md)
- Page: 23
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tom-holt/expecting-someone-taller/malcolm-had-never

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> Suddenly, she was not pretty at all; she looked like a thousand-year-old teenager who wanted something she knew she couldn’t have.

p. 92 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tom-holt/expecting-someone-taller/suddenly-she-was.md)

> “Humans!” laughed the male duck. “And it’s the likes of you run the world. No wonder the rivers are full of cadmium.”

p. 178 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tom-holt/expecting-someone-taller/humans-laughed-the.md)

> And, like many missionaries, she was not above a little persecution in the cause of the communication of Enlightenment.

p. 56 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tom-holt/expecting-someone-taller/and-like-many.md)