"There is no pestilence in a state like a zeal for religion, independent of morality."

“Obviously anything that accessorizes or enhances the iPhone is always pretty cool.”

Source : "‘Glee’ Star Harry Shum Jr. On Michael Jackson And Sectionals". Interview with Chris Harnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 12, 2011.

“Consultancy can be too short; or too long.”

“It's interesting to me that killing damages the image of God when it's done by a person, but it doesn't damage it when it's done by the state.”

Source : "Religious Reflections on the Death Penalty". Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in Washington, D.C., www.pewforum.org. June 5, 2001.

“Locke sank into a swoon; The Garden died; God took the spinning-jenny Out of his side.”

“When we look within ourselves with psilocybin, we discover that we do not have to look outward toward the futile promise of life that circles distant stars in order to still our cosmic loneliness. We should look within; the paths of the heart lead to nearby universes full of life and affection for humanity.”

“I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader.”

“If people can write to each other across space, why can they not write across time too?”

Source : Ahdaf Soueif (2012). “The Map of Love”, p.324, Bloomsbury Publishing

“God is a shower to the heart burned up with grief; God is a sun to the face deluged with tears.”