The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window.

The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale belongs to each reader in its own particular way.

 

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet.

Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

One can’t prove that God doesn’t exist, but science makes God unnecessary.