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“In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagvat Geeta, since whose composition years of the gods have elapsed, and in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial; and I doubt if that philosophy is not to be referred to a previous state of existence, so remote is its sublimity from our conceptions. I lay down the book and go to my well for water, and lo! there I meet the servant of the Bramin, priest of Brahma and Vishnu and Indra, who still sits in his temple on the Ganges reading the Vedas, or dwells at the root of a tree with his crust and water jug. I meet his servant come to draw water for his master, and our buckets as it were grate together in the same well. The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

“But I鈥檓 not guilty,鈥� said K. 鈥渢here鈥檚 been a mistake. How is it even possible for someone to be guilty? We鈥檙e all human beings here, one like the other.鈥� 鈥淭hat is true鈥� said the priest 鈥渂ut that is how the guilty speak”
― Franz Kafka, The Trial

“Save your explanations, I got some questions for you first and you'd better answer them!' [slurred Hellian.]
'With what?' [Banaschar] sneered. 'Explanations?'
'No. Answers. There's a difference-'
'Really? How? What difference?'
'Explanations are what people use when they need to lie. Y'can always tell those,'cause those don't explain nothing and then they look at you like they just cleared things up when really they did the opposite and they know it and you know it and they know you know and you know they know that you know and they know you and you know them and maybe you go out for a pitcher later but who picks up the tab? That's what I want to know.'
'Right, and answers?'
'Answers is what I get when I ask questions. Answers is when you got no choice. I ask, you tell. I ask again, you tell some more. Then I break your fingers, 'cause I don't like what you're telling me, because those answers don't explain nothing!”
― Steven Erikson, The Bonehunters

“At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse.”
― Banksy

“History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.

{Letter to celebrated scientist Alexander von Humboldt, 6 December, 1813}”
― Thomas Jefferson, Letters of Thomas Jefferson

“As is well known, the priests are the most evil enemies鈥攂ut why? Because they are the most impotent. It is because of their impotence that in them hatred grows to monstrous and uncanny proportions, to the most spiritual and poisonous kind of hatred. The truly great haters in world history have always been priests; likewise the most ingenious haters: other kinds of spirit hardly come into consideration when compared with the spirit of priestly vengefulness.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo

“What if the preacher or father鈥檚 saying 鈥楽omeone here鈥檚 lost and hopeless鈥� was tantamount to those Sun-Times horoscopes that are specially designed to be so universally obvious that they always give their horoscope readers that special eerie feeling of particularity and insight, exploiting the psychological fact that most people are narcissistic and prone to the illusion that they and their problems are uniquely special and that if they鈥檙e feeling a certain way then surely they鈥檙e the only person who is feeling like that.”
― David Foster Wallace, The Pale King

“Can鈥檛 a lawyer take his client out to dinner to discuss the case? Haven鈥檛 you ever heard of the two-martini lunch?鈥�
鈥淵es, but this is dinner,鈥� she corrected.
鈥淚t鈥檚 the same thing. I looked it up in my聽Etiquette and Tax Deductions
for Lawyers聽handbook . . .”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“You鈥檙e right, Jen, of course,鈥� she capitulated. 鈥淚鈥檓 sorry. You鈥檙e going through hell, and I鈥檓 pontificating instead of being compassionate,鈥� Lynne admitted.
鈥淧ontificating? Interesting choice of words for a nonbeliever,鈥� Jennifer chuckled.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“But why? Who would do such a thing?鈥� Jennifer puzzled, astonished.
鈥淚鈥檓 not sure yet who they are or exactly what their function is. My sense is they minimize the impact of these kinds of events and limit damage to the church,鈥� Rothenberg surmised.
鈥淵ou have got to be kidding!”
― Mark M. Bello

“Rothenberg was dumbfounded, shocked speechless. He was retained to聽provide treatment in a fourth-degree fondling case. This was far worse.聽This is a first-degree case. These boys were raped! The floodgates聽opened鈥攄etails were pouring out now.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“Let me get this straight,鈥� countered Zack. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e telling me there is some secret fellow in the church whose job it is to deal with molestation cases when they occur?”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“Perhaps priest and magician were once one, but the priest, learning humility in the face of God, discarded the spell for prayer.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

“But della Rovere frowned and said, "Heed my warning, Guido Feltra. He's full of the devil, this son of the church.”
― Mario Puzo, The Family

“She was right to be angry. He did violate every condition she placed聽on the resolution of the case. He never thought she was serious. But she聽was, and his blunder was going to cost him the case of a lifetime.聽I can do聽this her way! If she wants the case to be public, then public it shall be! If she wants to turn down $1.1 million, I'll get her $2 million鈥攚hatever she聽wants! I have to convince her!”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“Focus, Blake! Everything will fall into place. What would I have if I lost this case? I'd have nothing,聽no one鈥攕ame as before.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“She鈥檒l be angry,鈥� Kenny argued. 鈥淪he鈥檒l be mad at me for not protecting Jake. That鈥檚 my job.鈥�
Tough job for someone so young . . .”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“Sleeping with children is not within the scope of a priest鈥檚 employment.鈥�
鈥淏ut an unsuspecting kid doesn鈥檛 know that. He trusts the priest to tell聽him what God likes or doesn鈥檛 like, isn鈥檛 that true? This is textbook聽apparent authority . . .”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“These were聽children. Gerry was their聽priest.聽Who could disagree that these children were not justified in trusting their priest? Nobody!”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“Because for her, money isn鈥檛 the issue. This is about revenge, payback, even worse, justice.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“Even the receptionist was new, a pretty, young, buxom blonde named Eden, according to her nameplate. Micah must have handpicked her from the Garden.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“Are we interrupting your late-morning nap, Mr. Blake?鈥� District聽Court Judge Emma Pearl inquired, with a harsh tone and an insistent聽expression.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“Thanks very much, Zack, and God bless you.鈥澛燞e hung up.聽God bless? That ship has sailed.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“We wait. This man has skills. You don鈥檛 build a multi-million-dollar聽practice by being an idiot. The fact he鈥檚 had some hard times does not聽mean we should underestimate him . . .”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“Zachary notified the local newspapers and all pertinent radio and television stations. He called a press conference at the home of his client, Jennifer Tracey, to announce the filing of a major multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a major religious institution. The dye had been cast. A long, tough road lay ahead. For Zachary, Jennifer, Kenny, and Jake, there was no turning back.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“What tenacity! What spirit! I feel so alive in her presence. I can conquer the world with her by my side. If she'd let him, he'd violate his rule about becoming involved with a client . . .”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“Something happened here. I know it, and so do you. I will find out what, when, and to whom. Apparently, I'll have to find out the hard way, but I'll find out . . .”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“No, justice, simple justice. We tend to forget we went to law school聽to pursue justice for our clients. We get so caught up in the game of the聽law, we forget the purpose.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“People like mystery. They want nothing explained, because when things are explained then there is no hope left. I have seen folk dying and known there is nothing to be done, and I am asked to go because the priest will soon arrive with his dish covered by a cloth, and everyone prays for a miracle. It never happens. And the person dies and I get blamed, not God or the priest, but I!”
― Bernard Cornwell, Vagabond

“We seek compensation, true, but we also seek to prevent future abhorrent conduct by this or any other priest. We seek to punish a vicious predator of children and the religious institution that stands idly by and watches while a whole generation of God鈥檚 precious children are physically and psychologically raped of their childhood, their faith, and their trust in role models. This is about a hierarchy whose solution to the problem is to send the offending priest packing, quietly pay off victims, and actively cover up crimes. The cover-up is responsible for a vicious cycle of crime upon crime. This lawsuit says we will not go quietly like those who came before us. The vicious cycle stops here and now.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith