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The sacred is a fine hiding place for the profane.

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Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman.

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Go on, my dear," urges the snake. "Take one. Hear it? 'Pluck me,' it's saying. That big, shiny red one. 'Pluck me, pluck me now and pluck me hard.' Yo...more

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Go on, my dear," urges the snake. "Take one. Hear it? 'Pluck me,' it's saying. That big, shiny red one. 'Pluck me, pluck me now and pluck me hard.' Yo...more

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We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love.

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I find a certain comfort," confesses Marinus, "in humanity's helplessness.