“In the end, your past is not my past and your truth is not my truth and your solution - is not my solution.”

“Cos if it's encyclopedias we've got enough, like, information... and if it's God, you've got the wrong house.”

“It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than to find one pure person, one pure faith, on the globe.”

“We are split people. For myself, half of me wishes to sit quietly with legs crossed, letting the things that are beyond my control wash over me. But the other half wants to fight a holy war. Jihad!...”

“When the male organ of a man stands erect, two thirds of his intelect go away. And one third of his religion.”

“More silence; children's silence, so desperately desired by adults yet eerie when it finally occurs.”

“There are no facts, only interpretations.”

“My story is of such marvel that if it were written with a needle on the corner of an eye, it would yet serve as a lesson to those who seek wisdom.”

“There are 1,198,500,000 people alive now in China. To get a feel for what that means, simply take yourself - in all your singularity, importance, complexity, and love - and multiply by 1,198,500,00...”