“The presumption of divine intervention in human affairs violates my sense of an orderly and comprehensible universe.”

“The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.”

“There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair.”

“The belief that rational and quantifiable disciplines such as science can be used to perfect human society is no less absurd than a belief in magic, angels, and divine intervention.”

“Hell no. You're what saved you, kid. Not divine intervention.”

“People who lose children have their hearts warped into weird shapes. Some try to deny it has happened. Some pretend it hasn't. Losing friends or parents is not the same. To lose a child is beyond comprehension. It defies biology. It contradicts the natural order of history and genealogy. It derails common sense. It violates time. It creates a huge, black, bottomless hole that swallows all hope.”