"

Most of the oppression of Muslims in the world right now is carried out by other Muslims.

"

What kind of God is it who's upset by a cartoon in Da

"

If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.

"

Obviously, a rigid, blinkered, absolutist world view is the easiest to keep hold of, whereas the fluid, uncertain, metamorphic picture I've always car...more

"

The moment you say that any idea system is sacred, whether it’s a religious belief system or a secular ideology, the moment you declare a set of ideas...more

"

Like everybody else, I've had relationships in which I was passionately in love but was completely miserable all the time and didn't trust the person ...more

"

Nobody ever wanted to go to war, but if a war came your way, it might as well be the right war, about the most important things in the world, and you ...more

"

The ruthlessness of the godly invalidated their claims of virtue.

"

When...did it become irrational to dislike religion, any religion, even to dislike it vehemently? When did reason get redescribed as unreason? When we...more

"

Love, my child, is a thing that every mother learns; it is not born with a baby, but made; and for eleven years, I have learned to love you as my son.

"

Once upon a time there was a mother who, in order to become a mother, had agreed to change her name; who set herself the task of falling in love with ...more

"

The world is full of love stories, and all lovers are in a sense the avatars of their predecessors.

"

When you pray for what you most want in the world, its opposite comes along with it. I was given a woman whom I truly loved and who truly loved me. Th...more

"

He did not wish to be divine. If there had never been a God, the emperor thought, it might have been easier to work out what goodness was. This busine...more

"

All true believers have good reasons for disbelieving in every god except their own,' said Birbal, 'and so it is they who, between them, give me all t...more