The Annals of the Heechee Quotes

“Of course you are discontented,” God thundered. “I made you discontented, because if you weren’t discontented, why would you bother to try to become better?”
“Better than what?” I asked, trembling in spite of myself.
“Better than Me,” cried God.”
― Frederik Pohl, The Annals of the Heechee

“For twenty years and more the whole planet had been bombed, raped, ravaged, and gouged by people whose fury had so exceeded their judgment that the only thing they could think of to do to express their discontent was to kill somebody.”
― Frederik Pohl, The Annals of the Heechee