God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards.

It gets so tiring, this strong-picking-on-the-weak stuff. It was the story of my life -literally- and it seemed to be a big part of the outside world too. I was sick of it, sick of guys like these, stupid and bullying.

Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.

The future is no more uncertain than the present

I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.