Emmy

“He imagined a new God, one who nudged him when he was going the wrong way but never strong-armed him, one who advised but did not insist – one who guided him, like a father. A Father.”
― Chloe Benjamin, The Immortalists

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“In a way, I see religion as a pinnacle of human achievement. In inventing God, we’ve developed the ability to consider our own straits—and we’ve equipped Him with the kind of handy loopholes that enable us to believe we only have so much control. The truth is that most people enjoy a certain level of impotence. But I think we do have control—so much that it scares us to death. As a species, God might be the greatest gift we’ve ever given ourselves. The gift of sanity.”
― Chloe Benjamin, The Immortalists

“She’d tell herself that what she really wanted was not to live forever, but to stop worrying.”
― Chloe Benjamin, The Immortalists