“I'd assumed he'd be old and burly with a side order of crotchety.”
“The old faiths light their candles all about, But burly Truth comes by and puts them out.”
“We’re taught that in life, we should try to look on the bright side, to be optimistic. Not in this case. In this case, look on the dark side. Assume rejection first. Assume you’re the rule, not the exception.”
“[Mani] deleted as interpolations all texts in the New Testament that assumed either the order and goodness of matter or the inspiration and authority of the Old Testament. Otherwise he thought his expurgated New Testament a sound book.”
“Reilly's closet looked like Marilyn Manson's. Assuming he'd been reborn as an accountant.”
“Don't assume the world evolved in the order in which you discovered it.”