jason

“Can belief save you?” he retorts. “Even the demons believe—and shudder!” (James 2:14,19).”
― Reza Aslan, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

“We need a material analysis, buttressed with a sense of humor and a recognition of human fallibility, that connects the fight for a better world to the immediate interests of the majority of the population.”
― Michael Brooks, Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right

“Don’t get overly optimistic about death,” I said. “I’m warning you. My views are changing. The atheism and nihilism of my earlier years now seems shallow, and even a bit cocky.”
― Anne Rice, Memnoch the Devil

“What the fuck does it take to show you motherfuckers, what does it fucking take what do you want how much do you want because I am willing and I'll stand before you and I'll raise my arms and give you my chest and throat and wait, and I've been so old for so long, for you, for you, I want it fast and right through me-- Oh do it, do it motherfuckers, do it do it you fuckers finally, finally, finally.”
― Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius