I was just a kid then. But I won't forget. Nor will others. There's lots of people with reason to hate the Church.

...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves.

I dinna trust him," said Slightly Mad Angus. "He reads books an' such.

Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals

I think you should be proud of not being worse than just deeply introverted and socially maladjusted.

Life doesn't happen in chapters - at least, not regular ones.

It seems sensible to me that we should look to the medical profession, that over the centuries has helped us to live longer and healthier lives, to help us die peacefully among our loved ones in our own home without a long stay in God's waiting room.