I do not believe in God… to the extent that theists have made their concept intelligible, they have given us no reason to think anything answers to it.
Thought's infidelity lies in its privacy. 'If there is something that you cannot say to me,' asks the lover, 'things that you must think alone, then can you really be trusted?'
We are all obsessed with conspiracies, and we are all conspiracy theorists.
"The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it."