“If you were a scientist,” said Will, “I don’t suppose that was a good thing for them to say. You might not have believed in angels.” “Ah, but I knew about them. I used to be a nun, you see. I thought physics could be done to the glory of God, till I saw there wasn’t any God at all and that physics was more interesting anyway. The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake, that’s all.”
