Keep your secrets Keep your silence It is a better gift than truth

Because I show you my pain, I do not of necessity love you.

I had many wonderful experiences, received beautiful letters, and my Christian books received substantive and thoughtful reviews. But there was always argument, dispute, questions as to what I "really" believed, lectures from here and there on "the real truth," etc.

And I realized that I’d tolerated him this long because of self-doubt.

I left Christianity because I wanted to be a moral person. That is why I left. I no longer believed in its lies.

Cities have distinct personalities. It's a matter of knowing it.

My greatest sin has always been that I have a wonderful time being myself