"How the hell can a person go to work in the morning, and come home in the evening and have nothing to say."
"If I look over my life, every single step of maturing for me, every single one, has had the exact same common denominator: accepting what was true over what I wished were true."
"It took me years, but letting go of religion has been the most profound wake up of my life. I feel I now look at the world not as a child, but as an adult. I see what's bad and it's really bad. But I also see what is beautiful, what is wonderful. And I feel so deeply appreciative that I am alive. How dare the religious use the term 'born again.' That truly describes freethinkers who've thrown off the shackles of religion so much better!"
"I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognizing the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age."
"From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings."
