The town I grew up in was at least fifty percent Jewish, so every weekend in the 7th grade, we went to Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.
If atheism is a religion, then off is a TV channel and bald is a hair colour.
Radical Muslims fly planes into buildings. Radical Christians kill abortion doctors. Radical Atheists write books.
Nothing draws people more quickly away from religion than an open mind.
No atheist says there is no god!
We're not mad at God, just like atheists don't hate Santa or Unicorns, they're just not there!
At age fourteen I was asking questions. When the answers failed to satisfy me, I searched elsewhere for different answers and found wisdom in atheism. And I am far from alone in that experience.
Then I say, "Let's go and brush our teeth. " So Lola says, "But Charlie, I can't brush my teeth because somebody is using my tooth. " "But who would use your toothbrush?" I ask. Lola says "I think that lion. I saw a lion with my toothbrush and now he's brushing his teeth with it. " "But it isn't this your toothbrush Lola?" "Oh," says Lola, "he must be using yours.
I was an English major in college, I went to a creative-writing program, and all my life, I really read and thought about fiction as a craft and an art form. I feel like I know a lot about it, and can trust my instincts.
I love someone who tries to boss me around.
To be truly free, it takes more determination, courage, introspection, and restraint than to be in shackles.