“I figured anybody who talked about church as much as she did was using...” — Keith Ablow Quote

“I figured anybody who talked about church as much as she did was using it a little like cocaine anyhow.”

“God is not attracted to mountaintops or church steeples. God is drawn to suffering, and the dark places it surfaces.”

“What was it about not knowing a person that allowed you to wonder whether she might be the answer to all your problems?”

“The truth will set you free. Unless you're guilty.”

“And I burn with those flames for every minute that we're allowed." Chap49 Page 360”

“Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.”

“I have always considered myself to be spiritual in a way that has less to do with religion and more with an awareness that you have, and the consciousness you have of being alive and the consciousness that you will be dead.”

“Those of us who write and study history are accustomed to its approximations and ambiguities. This is why we do not take literally the tenth-hand reports of frightened and illiterate peasants who claim to have seen miracles or to have had encounters with messiahs and prophets and redeemers who were, like them, mere humans. And this is also why we will never submit to dictation from those who display a fanatical belief in certainty and revelation.”

“One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.”