“And when you say ‘Jesus,’ you’re talking about your leader. But when I say ‘Jesus,’ I’m talking about a guy who walked the earth for thirty-three years like any other guy but caught the imagination of some PR cats. PR for Public Relations, in case you don’t know, Obie.”

Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

“The church is our treasure, son, our own true chance.”

Virginia Hamilton, The House of Dies Drear

“But because out faith does not need the doctrine of constellations and aeons, of the primal waters and universal mothers and similar symbols, that does not mean that such doctrines are lies and deception.”

Hermann Hesse, Magister Ludi – The Glass Bead Game

“Ours isn’t the only religion in the world.”

Peter Matthiessen, At Play in the Fields of the Lord