Nathan

“For the longest time, in fact, to be a pervert wasn’t to be a sex deviant; it was to be an atheist.”
― Jesse Bering, Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us

“Are you a religious man, Win?” “No,” I tell him. “May I ask what you believe?” I tell him the same thing I tell any religious worshipper—be they Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu: “All religions are superstitious nonsense, except, of course, yours.”
― Harlan Coben, Win

“In its own way, though, that nihilism itself can be comforting, and this is another place where I quibble. If it’s all futile, we’re excused from trying. And not trying is so much easier than trying-and-failing. It’s soothing to have an excuse for hopelessness. And we do have a cultural bias toward believing that the most cynical response to any situation is the wisest and most knowledgable one.”
― Peter Watts, Blindsight

“Grief is not a thing to be ashamed of or suppressed, he told Gonzo. Nor yet is it a thing to cherish. Feel it, inhabit it and leave it behind. It is right, but it is not the end.”
― Nick Harkaway, The Gone-Away World