Jamble

“It will be a better world without gods. No more fear of eternal damnation or lust for eternal reward. No more hatred between believers of rival faiths. Without the lie of eternity to serve as our crutch, we will have no choice but to finally cherish what precious little time we have. And to put our faith in only ourselves and one another”
― Jason Aaron, Thor (2018-2019) #8

“Barack Obama contradicts the image they have in their head for what a President looks like and sounds like, and it unsettles them on a subconscious level.

And then somebody presents an answer to why they feel uncomfortable. He's not from here. He wasn't born in this country, he was born in Kenya.

It doesn't matter that you or I can disprove that theory six ways to Sunday.

There's a part of their brains that feels relieved, because that lie gives them a sense of order.

They aren't bad people for feeling unsettled by a black President. They aren't racist. They're just smart enough to see through the ruse.

And that's when things get very dangerous for us.”
― James Tynion IV, The Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End of the World

“We want to imagine that people are consistent, steady, stable. We define who they are, create descriptions to lock them on a page, divide them up by their likes, talents, beliefs. Then we pretend some—perhaps most—are better than we are, because they stick to their definitions, while we never quite fit ours. Truth is, people are as fluid as time is. We adapt to our situation like water in a strangely shaped jug, though it might take us a little while to ooze into all the little nooks. Because we adapt, we sometimes don’t recognize how twisted, uncomfortable, or downright wrong the container is that we’ve been told to inhabit.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

“Ranette said a lot of mean things, but they weren't ... well, they weren't actually mean. He joked, and she joked. And sure, sometimes there was an edge of truth to it, but that's what friends was about. Making you look a little silly when you were together, so that you didn't look really stupid when you were apart.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Lost Metal