"ONCE UPON A TIME when the world was young there was a Martian named Smith. Valentine Michael Smith was as real as taxes but he was a race of one."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Robert A. Heinlein, first lines of the "uncut edition" of Stranger in a Strange Land (1991), about a human born on Mars, who is eventually revealed to be the archangel Michael.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_(archangel)
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Michael (archangel)
13 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Michael (archangel) →
Related Quotes
"Gabriel before me Raphael behind me Michael to my right Uriel on my left side In the circle of fire."
"I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these thing…"
"At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall …"
"The archangel Michael took supreme command. He reassured their minds by his serenity. His countenance, wherein his so…"
"Michael was for the offensive. He, as a consummate soldier, said it was the supreme law. Attack, or be attacked, — th…"
"With impassive gaze, Michael, prince of warriors, measured the extent of the disaster, and his keen intelligence pene…"
"There is in heaven an accuser and a defender of man; the name of the former is Semoel and that of the latter Michael."
"Mike is our Prometheus — but that's all. Mike keeps emphazing this. Thou art God, I am God, he is God — all that grok…"
"Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against hi…"
"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, …"