“Although the time of death is approaching me, I am not affraid of dying and going to hell or (what would be considered worse) going to a popularized version of heaven. I expect death to be nothingness and for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism.”

— Isaac Asimov

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American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston Uni… 1920–1992

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