“If you can get out of your own way, you won’t be in anyone else’s.”
― Island
― Island
“I've only taken to an extreme that which you haven't even dared to take halfway.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
“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
“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
“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
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