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“If the world is rationally constructed and has meaning,” Kurt said, his head down as he carefully lifted a single strand of spaghetti from his plate, “then there must be such a thing as an afterlife. Otherwise, what is the meaning of this one?” “Oh, Kurt,” Adele said, “why must everything have a meaning? Maybe we are just here to eat spaghetti and talk and laugh and,” she paused, replenishing her glass and raising it to her host, “drink good wine.”
― Robert Masello, The Einstein Prophecy

“If there was no God to hear it, what difference did it make? But if there was . . .”
― Robert Masello, The Einstein Prophecy

“If you had to attend a football game, this was the kind of day to do it, Lucas thought. The sun was shining in a bright blue sky, the air was crisp and cold, and the crowd passing through the high arches into the Princeton stadium was in a festive mood, waving pennants and calling out to each other in boisterous voices.”
― Robert Masello, The Einstein Prophecy

“He cared little for painting. In fact, he hadn’t stood before an easel since school days. But if pretending to be interested in art kept a genuine smile on Amelia Barrett’s face, he would learn to like it.”
― Sarah E. Ladd, The Heiress of Winterwood