Fatma

“But if we are all God’s children, why does God spend so much time in history ordering one branch of his universal family to wipe out another branch? Why did his love for his Jewish children have to be expressed by the extermination of his Palestinian children? Why did he later abandon his Jewish children in favour of his Christian children and encourage his new favourites to torment their older siblings? Why did he order his Muslim children who worship him as One to persecute his pagan children who worship him as Many? Why is there so much violence in religious history, all done by groups who claim God is on their side?
Unless you are prepared to believe that God actually plays favourites like some kind of demented tyrant, then there are only two ways out of this dilemma. The obvious one is to decide that there is no God. What is called God is a human invention used, among other things, to justify humankind’s love of violence and hatred of strangers. Getting rid of God won’t solve the problem of human violence but it will remove one of its pretexts.”
― Richard Holloway, A Little History of Religion

“‏ أحياناً، يكون اعتقال نشال أسهل من اعتقال شخص مسؤول عن موت آلاف الكائنات البشرية.. فالحقيقة أن الناس دائماً ما يصنعون من هؤلاء المجرمين أبطالاً.”
― Afonso Cruz, الكتب التي التهمت والدي

“The young man crossed his arms and lost himself in thought. He was so lovely, he could have been a painting. It almost seemed wrong for heaven to have given a man such unearthly beauty. And to then cause that man to live and work as a eunuch in the rear palace was deeply ironic.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Maomao was probably the only one here who sometimes tried poisons for fun. She was, let us say, an exceptional personality. If I had to go, I think I’d like it to be by blowfish toxin. The organs mixed into a nice soup...”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1