w-h-i-l-e

Updated: May 13, 2025

Uncertainty uncertainty was eating into him, and destroying From the Communications room came the hum and drive of the great sender flashing its message across seventy-two millions of miles of nothing. "B-u-c-k K-e-n-d-a-l-l s-a-y-s h-e h-a-s l-e-a-r-n-e-d s-o-m-e-t-h-i-n-g t-h-a-t w-i-l-l l-e-a-d t-o v-i-c-t-o-r-y w-h-i-l-e y-o-u h-e-l-d b-a-c-k t-h-e "

John Wood Campbell - The Ultimate Weapon

"There is no need to tell lies," observed David, "but there is no need to kill yourself, either. No one will say thank you for it, you know." Raissa looked at him intently. "I wanted to ask you something, Davidushka; how ought I to spell 'while'?" "What sort of 'while'?" "Why, for instance: I hope you will live a long while." "Spell: w-i-l-e." "No," I put in, "w-h-i-l-e."

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