Lindsey

“Among the many hypocrisies of the “religious” was the fact that they viewed god as omnipotent, but treated Him like a ventriloquist’s dummy by putting their words and crackpot beliefs, prejudices, and unfounded biases into His mouth whenever it suited their purposes.”
― Stephen McCauley, My Ex-Life

“They say you don’t know your principles until they become inconvenient to you,”
― Coco Mellors, Blue Sisters

“Earth is 4.6 billion years old, Sami. If you scale that down to forty-six years, do you know how long human beings have been here?” “No.” “Guess. It’s important. How long out of those forty-six years have humans roamed the earth?” “Twenty years?” “Less.” “Ten years.” He smiles and shakes his head. “Four hours. Out of forty-six years, we humans have been on this planet for a mere four hours. The industrial revolution started a minute ago. Yet we humans believe God created all this just for us.”
― Harlan Coben, Nobody’s Fool

“Living in L.A. is like dating a really beautiful person who has nothing to say,” said Avery. “It’s fine for a while because, you know, look at them, but eventually you’re going to realize you need to be around people who read books and have their real noses.”
― Coco Mellors, Blue Sisters