NJP

“And there was another truth, one that seemed on the surface to contradict the first one. The gentler and kinder the god, the more harsh and cruel its worshippers, for they hold to their conviction with taut certainty, febrile in its extremity, and so cannot abide dissenters. They will kill, they will torture, in that god’s name. And see in themselves no conflict, no matter how bloodstained their hands.”
― Steven Erikson, The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen

“Only the strong, the rich, and the dying think truth is a necessity; the rest of us know it for a luxury.”
― Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief

“Religions are a destructive force responsible for thousands of years of war and bloodshed that stifled mankind’s growth and prosperity. I don’t need to believe there’s a super being watching me in order to adhere to a moral code,”
― Ken Lozito, Genesis

“Confident men didn’t hunger for worship, didn’t crave fear. The wants of a man who likes himself are so very different from those of a man drowning in self-loathing.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, She Dreams in Blood