Animals do not betray; they do not exploit; they do not oppress; they do not enslave; they do not sin. They have their being, and their being is honest, and who can say this of man?

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.

The more wants a man has, the less freedom.

The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.

I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

My dreams are all follies.