"I suppose that one reason I have always detested religion is its sly tendency to insinuate the idea that the universe is designed with 'you' in mind or, even worse, that there is a divine plan into which one fits whether one knows it or not. This kind of modesty is too arrogant for me."

-- Christopher Hitchens

#Atheist Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Take a personâ€™s memories, and you change who they are.”
“Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised.”

Source : Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.20, Cosimo, Inc.
“Everyone belongs to everyone else.”
“Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.”
“When you're rereading or editing your book and you start to expect that this work is going to be reviewed, and you can sort of tell which line is going to show up in reviews.”
“In any broth, the scum always rises to the top.”
“That's the music that I play at home all the time, Joni Mitchell. Court and Spark I love because I'd always hoped that she'd work with a band. But the main thing with Joni is that she's able to look at something that's happened to her, draw back and crystallize the whole situation, then write about it. She brings tears to my eyes, what more can I say? It's bloody eerie. I can relate so much to what she says. â€œNow old friends are acting strange/They shake their heads/They say I've changed.”
“Kittens can happen to anyone.”

Source : Suzanne Szasz, Paul Gallico (1964). “The silent miaow: a manual for kittens, strays, and homeless cats”

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