I went with agnosticism for a long, long time because I just hated to say I was an atheist - being an atheist seemed so rigid. But the more I became comfortable with the word, and the more I read, it started to stick.

  • -- Julia Sweeney 朱莉娅·斯威尼

在很长一段时间里,我一直信奉不可知论,因为我只是不愿意说我是一个无神论者——作为一个无神论者似乎太死板了。但我对这个词越熟悉,读得越多,它就越能让我接受。

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Like everybody at that age, I read an awful lot of pulp fiction. But at the same time, I also read quite a bit of history and read that as much for pleasure as part of a curriculum.

像那个年纪的所有人一样,我读了很多低俗小说。但与此同时,我也读了一些历史书,并将其作为课程的一部分来阅读。

I was being foolish. An atheist can't stand behind their assertion that God doesn't exist. The stupidest thing I ever could have done was to reject His Truth.

我太蠢了。无神论者不能支持他们认为上帝不存在的主张。我所能做的最愚蠢的事就是拒绝接受他的事实。

You don't have to be brave or a saint. A martyr. Or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is “I don't know”.

你不必勇敢,也不必是圣人,也不必是殉道者。甚至成为无神论者也很聪明。你所能说的就是“我不知道”。

Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends - they will never go out of fashion.

坚持基本原则,抓住你的家人和朋友——他们永远不会过时。

Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head.

小说作家应该坚持写作,而不是出现在小组讨论节目或作为一个会说话的人。

Liberality lies less in giving liberally than in the timeliness of the gift.

慷慨不在于慷慨地给予,而在于礼物的及时性。