Vera

“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.”
― Dan Brown, Angels & Demons

“Bürgerbeteiligung war ein Name für die Einmischung von Leuten, die keine Ahnung hatten, jede Menge Ärger verursachten und am Ende darüber meckerten, dass sich alles in die Länge zog.”
― Juli Zeh, Unterleuten

“Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us, we abandon our sense of accountability. Faiths… all faiths… are admonitions that there is something we cannot understand, something to which we are accountable. With faith we are accountable to each other, to ourselves, and to a higher truth. Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed. The church consists of a brotherhood of imperfect, simple souls wanting only to be a voice of compassion in a world spinning out of control.”
― Dan Brown, Angels & Demons