" There is a big part of me that would love for religion to be true. And in particular in moments of crisis, when I think, ‘My goodness, I would love to believe that this could be made better, or that there was something beyond, or that I could control the fate of a loved one.’ Life is going to pit all of us in extremely dramatic situations, that certainly explain to me psychologically why God was not some luxury or piece of myth. I experience God as a psychological necessity for the intolerable anxiety and fear of being human. I can’t believe in God, but boy oh boy do I know why people do believe."
" Apparently orgasm is the only point where your mind becomes completely empty—you think of nothing for that second. That’s why it’s so compelling—it’s a tiny taste of death. Your mind is void—you have nothing in your head save white light."
" A language is not just words. It’s a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. It’s all embodied in a language."
