“When people say they are atheists they don’t mean they can’t prove that there are no gods. Strictly speaking, it’s impossible to prove that something does not exist. We don’t positively know there are no gods, just as we can’t prove that there are no fairies or pixies or elves or hobgoblins or leprechauns or pink unicorns; just as we can’t prove that Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy don’t exist. There’s a billion things you can imagine and nobody can disprove.”
― Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
― Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
“One's very own free, unfettered desire, one's own whim, no matter how wild, one's own fantasy, even though sometimes roused to the point of madness -- all this constitutes precisely that previously omitted, most advantageous advantage which isn't included under any classification and because of which all systems and theories are constantly smashed to smithereens.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
“Like a muezzin in his minaret, one of the talking birds began to shout from the tall palm beyond the mango trees, “Here and now, boys. Here and now, boys.”
― Island
― Island
“Isn’t it remarkable that almost every child follows the same religion as their parents, and it always just happens to be the right religion!”
― Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide
― Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide
“In short, one may say anything about the history of the world—anything that might enter the most disordered imagination. The only thing one can’t say is that it’s rational. The very word sticks in one’s throat.”
― Notes from the Underground
― Notes from the Underground
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