

“You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.”
― Brighton Rock
― Brighton Rock

“Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.”
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“The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialogue with God. If he said that he was talking to God through his hairdryer, this would precipitate a national emergency. I fail to see how the addition of a hairdryer makes the claim more ridiculous or offensive.”
― Letter to a Christian Nation
― Letter to a Christian Nation

“Time has its revenges, but revenge seems so often sour. Wouldn’t we all do better not trying to understand, accepting the fact that no human being will ever understand another, not a wife with a husband, nor a parent a child? Perhaps that’s why men have invented God â€� a being capable of understanding. ”
― The Quiet American
― The Quiet American
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