I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand

I have a very difficult time believing that there is some being who is going to invite me into heaven or not on the basis of whether I wear a yarmulke or whether I have been sprinkled with water while someone said something. Some of the ritual is very beautiful, but I find it difficult to believe that it really has to do with God. I believe that dogma comes from man.

Labeling a child's mind as diseased-whether with autism, intellectual disabilities, or transgenderism-may reflect the discomfort that mind gives parents more than any discomfort it causes their child. Much gets corrected that might better have been left alone.

The strengthening of faith, I think, is the ultimate goal of organized religion altogether.

There is neither a cure for nor a way to repair autism. There is no implant like there is for the deaf.

Religion is so focused on family. These days, for many people, being gay is also focused on family.

I was overpowered by being in the world, by other people and their lives I couldn’t lead, their jobs I couldn’t do - overpowered even by jobs I would never want or need to do.