"If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward, then brother, that person is a piece of shit."
—Rust Cohle, True Detective
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."
— Susan B. Anthony
"Dear Lord, please make sure this never happens to me because I don't think I could handle suicide. Fast, early acceptance into an Ivy League school and please let it be Harvard. Amen."
—Peter at a classmate's funeral, Heathers
"Weird how religious folks never claim that a pandemic/natural disaster/catastrophy is punishing us for income inequality or corporate greed. It's always shit like being gay or not saying the pledge of allegiance or dancing."
— @KylePlantEmoji, Twitter
"When I was a freshmen in College I met a man who said he loved me, I thought he did until he found out I was pregnant. I had an abortion. I have lived with the guilt of that my whole life, and then I met your father. We tried so many times to get pregnant, but... it just wouldn't happen. You had a brother, he was stillborn and there were miscarriages, and I thought God was punishing me for that abortion but then we got pregnant with you. Beautiful, healthy, baby boy. I was so proud to give my husband a son... A boy... Someone to carry on the Harrington name. And I thought... I thought for sure God... God had forgiven me for that abortion. Until now. Now I know he's still punishing me because you were the one who made it. You. Out of all my unborn children. They didn't have a chance at life but you... You made it. You stayed. You're here. How dare you be a homosexual? How dare you? You are man. How dare you, Jeffery? How dare you be a homosexual?!"
—Veronica Harrington to her son, Jeffery, The Haves and the Have Nots
"Don't go spouting whatever's convenient for you at the time. You did whatever you wanted. Now when you're in trouble, you count on the gods? Don't gimme that, you idiot. Who in their right mind would save you?"
—Nacht Faust, to himself, Black Clover
"To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion."
—Swami Vivekananda
"No public man in these islands ever believes that the Bible means what it says; he is always convinced that it says what he means."
