"Almighty God, I am sorry I am now an atheist, but have You read Nietzsche?"

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Source : John Fante (2010). “Ask the Dust”, p.22, Harper Collins

John Fante

#Atheist Quotes #Sorry Quotes #Atheism Quotes

“History shows that our way of life is the stronger way. From it has come more wealth, more industry, more happiness, more human enlightenment than from any other way.”
“Forget about enlightenment. Sit down wherever you are. And listen to the wind singing in your veins.”
“There is nothing sweeter than to be sympathized with.”
“Writers and artists build by hand little worlds that they hope might effect change in real minds, in the real world where stories are read. A story can make us cry and laugh, break our hearts, or make us angry enough to change the world.”
“We had pastors testifying in favor of gun control. And they were quoting the Bible, too, for it. And there were no pastors on the other side testifying against gun control... I had to literally open up my Bible and read scripture to these pastors in a hearing in Olympia. A politician had to read scripture to pastors.”
“The unbosoming oneself to another is a kind of release to the soul, which strives to lighten its burden and find ease by throwing off the weight that lay heavy upon it.”
“I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.”
“Allow the artist to finish the piece of work before you critique it.”

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