In my writing I even question the universe; I wonder out loud if it is real, and I wonder out loud if all of us are real.

We have entered a Moment when we are alone. We cannot get assistance, as before. Well, Mr. Tagomi thought, perhaps that too is good. Or can be made good. One must still try to find the Way.

How'd you like to gaze at a beer can throughout eternity? It might not be so bad. There'd be nothing to fear.

I like her; I could watch her the rest of my life. She has breasts that smile.

God can be good and terrible-not in succession-but at the same time. This is why we seek a mediator between us and him; we approach him through the mediating priest and attenuate and enclose him through the sacraments. It is for our own safety: to trap him within confines which render him safe.

This is a mournful discovery. 1)Those who agree with you are insane 2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.

The will to believe chases out the rational mind, whenever and wherever the two come into conflict.