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“I suppose that one reason I have always detested religion is its sly tendency to insinuate the idea that the universe is designed with 'you' in mind or, even worse, that there is a divine plan into which one fits whether one knows it or not. This kind of modesty is too arrogant for me.”
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
“I was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn't know who I was or wanted to be.”
― The Joke
― The Joke
“If you think God’s there, He is. If you don’t, He isn’t. And if that’s what God’s like, I wouldn’t worry about it.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.”
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“Nothing brings people together more quickly (though often spuriously and deceitfully)
than shared melancholy; this atmosphere of quiet understanding, which puts all manner
of fears and inhibitions to sleep and is easily comprehended by the refined and vulgar, the
erudite and unlettered, is the most simple route to rapport, yet extremely rare: for one has
to lay aside cultivated restraints, cultivated gestures and facial expressions, and be
simple”
― The Joke
than shared melancholy; this atmosphere of quiet understanding, which puts all manner
of fears and inhibitions to sleep and is easily comprehended by the refined and vulgar, the
erudite and unlettered, is the most simple route to rapport, yet extremely rare: for one has
to lay aside cultivated restraints, cultivated gestures and facial expressions, and be
simple”
― The Joke
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