“Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.”

“Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as the final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist,'" says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.""But," says Man, "The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.""Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic."Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.”

“Oh, dear gods, this was turning into a boy fight.”

“Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had an agreement not to lie to each other.”

“Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.”

“Oh, God! That bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!”