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Maria

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“Die Welt der Kunst & Fantasie ist die wahre, the rest is a nightmare.”
― Arno Schmidt

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“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

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“I have found it an amusing strategy, when asked whether I am an atheist, to point out that the questioner is also an atheist when considering Zeus, Apollo, Amon Ra, Mithras, Baal, Thor, Wotan, the Golden Calf and the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I just go one god further.”
― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism

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“Sarah Payne, the day she told us to go to the page without judgment, reminded us that we never knew, and never would know, what it would be like to understand another person fully.”
― Elizabeth Strout, My Name Is Lucy Barton

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