“Because I was so eager to believe I was being helped by a talented, ethical, benevolent, and intelligent man, I sought evidence for this wherever I could. Anything less than this was too dreadful to contemplate.”

“The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.”

“I hated him more than anything. I loved him more than anything. Because, he was everything. And I hated that, too.”

“I felt the first man I slept with must be intelligent, so I could respect him.”

“The first time I saw a picture of Elvis - I was in a state of shock, because I couldn't believe that a human being could be so beautiful.”

“No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because I believe that this world is nothing but a dream…”

“I firmly believe that the benevolent Creator designed the republican Form of Government for Man.”

“I loved you so much once. I did. More than anything in the whole wide world. Imagine that. What a laugh that is now. Can you believe it? We were so intimate once upon a time I can't believe it now. The memory of being that intimate with somebody. We were so intimate I could puke. I can't imagine ever being that intimate with somebody else. I haven't been.”

“You I admire as being more, — much more — a man, and more believer too, than half the canting orthodox.”

“If there’s anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it’s being taken too seriously.”