The first principle of freedom is the right to go to hell in your own handbasket.
Robert A. HeinleinMy folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow marginโฆ I would have made a good one if I hadnโt fallen into the fatal folly of reading anything I could lay hands on. With just a touch more self confidence and a liberal helping of ignorance I could have been a famous evangelist.
Robert A. HeinleinDon't appeal to mercy to God the Father up in the sky, little man, because he's not at home and never was at home, and couldn't care less. What you do with yourself, whether you are happy or unhappy- live or die- is strictly your business and the universe doesn't care. In fact you may be the universe and the only cause of all your troubles. But, at best, the most you can hope for is comradeship with comrades no more divine (or just as divine) as you are. So quit sniveling and face up to it- 'Thou art God!'
Robert A. Heinlein