“Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.”

—  Frank Zappa

Source: The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989), p. 259.
Context: My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can. Children are naive — they trust everyone. School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble.

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