“Life is at best a gamble.”

“Immigants! I knew it was them! Even when it was the bears, I knew it was them.”

“Sometimes your gallop just isn't what it used to be. And neither is your horsemanship.”

“Only fools are positive.”

“For unbelievers, evil can best be described as the abandonment of our minds to the minds of others.”

“Daddy.I was struck with the magnitude of what that meant, the responsibility of being a father. Waves of devotion swept through me as I silently promised her I would always be there for her, would always love her, would be the best father I could possibly be.”

“Christianity operates under the “malevolent universe” premise, which holds that humans are destined to a life of pain and suffering because pain and suffering are the natural state of life and not only are all people inherently evil, but the world itself is evil and the only hope that humanity has for happiness is in another form of existence, eternal life in paradise after we die.”