In a chariot of light from the region of the day, the Goddess of Liberty came. She brought in her hand as a pledge of her love, the plant she named Liberty Tree.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Sometimes the most effective idea was just so simple that nobody could slow down their brain enough to think it up.

As an author, I breathe life into each and every character within the stories that I write. But it is the reader who gives them their souls.

It's nice to be included in the broadcast food chain.

My son is a blessing in every way.

For God's sake stop making people in your image. Harry was real. He wasn't just your hero and my lover. He was Harry. He was in a racket. He did bad things. What about it? He was the man we knew.

At the bottom of all patriotism there is war: that is why I am no patriot.

We thought, you know, this will just be kind of low-key. And no one will ever know we're here, and we're tucked back in.

Nobody does anything for one reason.

There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.