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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

by Carl Sagan

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Aug 04, 2019 02:17PM

“Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

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“She shook her head and whispered, "No. No! That can't be true. Impossible!"

"You think things have to be possible? Things have to be true!”
― Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife

tags: impossible, possible, true, truth

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“As Shakespeare put it in 'King Lear,' the policeman who lashes the whore has a hot need to use her for the very offense for which he plies the lash.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

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“We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

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“That's the duty of the old,' said the Librarian, 'to be anxious on the behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.'

They sat for a while longer, and then parted, for it was late, and they were old and anxious.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

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