“What good is it for, for you or me, a powerless God, ruthless? A God who sits in the clouds and tolerates malaria and cholera, hunger and war?”

“The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.”

“God is not a granter of wishes. God is a ruthless bitch.”

“Give me hunger,O you gods that sit and giveThe world its orders.Give me hunger, pain and want,Shut me out with shame and failureFrom your doors of gold and fame,Give me your shabbiest, weariest hunger!But leave me a little love,A voice to speak to me in the day end,A hand to touch me in the dark roomBreaking the long loneliness.”

“Wishful thinking gives false gods to people who hunger for gods, but those who yearn for a world with no gods are no less likely to fall victim to their own wishful thinking.”

“I'm fairly convinced that the Kingdom of God is for the broken-hearted. You write of 'powerlessness.' Join the club, we are not in control. God is.”