"...there, strung out under the cornice of the building, was the motto, which he had never noticed before, of the Fede…"

"He especially liked ads for shampoos and hair coloring. The women in them seemed to regard their hair as independent,…"

"People in intolerable circumstances will pray to anything. Truly, there are no atheists in foxholes: the men there pr…"

"All the things that happen and seem so important at the time, and yet you forget them, one after another."

"Jobs are like going to church: it’s nice once or twice a year to sing along and eat something and all that, but unles…"

"The way we work, the way we talk, the way we watch television or walk down the street, even the way we fuck, or maybe…"

"Marvin Kolodny responded with a boyish grin and offered his hand. An American flag has been tattooed on his right for…"

"Religious faith often finds itself at odds with story-telling. Puritans ban acting companies. Islam is uneasy about a…"

"The gods, after all, are only human, and once their rage has been placated they are perfectly capable of acts of merc…"

"There was nothing like shared meals, so the experts at IBM claimed, for overcoming one's basic disbelief in the exist…"