“Religion is the theological equivalent of a quick-buck insurance scam, where you pay in your premium year after year, and then, when you need the benefits you paid for so—pardon the pun—so religiously, you discover the company that took your money does not, in fact, exist.”
― Revival
― Revival
“Life sucks, then you die”
― Pet Sematary
― Pet Sematary
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on both of us.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Every religion lies. Every moral precept is a delusion. Even the stars are a mirage. The truth is darkness, and the only thing that matters is making a statement before one enters it. Cutting the skin of the world and leaving a scar. That’s all history is, after all: scar tissue.”
― Mr. Mercedes
― Mr. Mercedes
“Oderint dum metuant.
"Let them hate me, as long as they fear me.”
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"Let them hate me, as long as they fear me.”
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