“It seemed there was always a close correlation between true believers and high body counts.”

“I've learned never to close my mind to an idea simply because it seems miraculous.”

“He respected the power of faith, the benevolence of churches, the strength religion gave so many people . . . and yet, for him, the one intellectual suspension of disbelief that was imperative if one were truly going to "believe" had always proved too big an obstacle for his academic mind. "I want to believe," he heard himself say.”

“There is a fine line between insanity and genius.”

“The woman dashed up the staircase toward the library's main doors. Arriving at the top of the stairs, she grabbed the handle and tried desperately to open each of the three giant doors.The library's closed, lady.But the woman didn't seem to care. She seized one of the heavy ring-shaped handles, heaved it backward, and let it fall with a loud crash against the door. Then she did it again. And again. And again.Wow, the homeless man thought, she must really need a book.”

“Faith ― acceptance of which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.”

“Our minds sometimes see what our hearts wish were true.”