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Like all middle-aged men who were about to have a romantic liaison in a fancy hotel, I called my mother first to ask for permission.
“Phil Needle supposed what he meant was that he wanted to be God, just long enough to find his daughter. It was not a prayer but a promotion. This was why nobody liked God: they wanted his job.”
― We Are Pirates
― We Are Pirates
“History is written by the winners”
― We Are Pirates
― We Are Pirates
“Is so-and-so a bigger asshole than Truman?” Few could compare—in fact, so far, officially, there was only Donald Trump and cannibals.”
― Sleeping Beauties
― Sleeping Beauties
“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
“If our faith is strong, we’ll go to heaven, and we’ll understand the whole thing when we get there. As if life were a joke, and heaven the place where the cosmic punchline is finally explained to us.”
― Revival
― Revival
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