Bryce

“Yes, not only humans but also every other organism in the cosmos, as well as the planets or moons on which they thrive, would not exist but for the wreckage of spent stars. So you’re made of detritus. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

“She doesn't believe in dogs," Bridget said.
"Dogs are hardly an article of faith," Sylvie said.”
― Kate Atkinson, Life After Life

“Shylock repointed his twitching, accusatory digit at his daughter. “You do not say such things in my house. You—you—you—you—” “Run along, love, it appears that Papa’s been stricken with an apoplexy of the second person.”
― Christopher Moore, The Serpent of Venice

“Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries