Jaroslav Kalfar

Quotes

1. His presence was soothing, but his existence incomprehensible.

   p. 110

2. 

   “Do you feel free?”

   “I feel like I’ve lost too much.”

   “Freedom can feel that way.”

   p. 240

3. 

   “My father never did anything else after that,” Valerie said. “Mostly, he became a drunk. But a man only needs one thing to be proud of. It will carry him through the rest of his life.”

   p. 216

4. 

   In one book, your father is a hero. In another book, he is a monster. The men who don’t have books written about them have it easier.

   p. 65

5. 

   I couldn’t exist here. In the world that had come into being due to my absence.

   p. 239

6. 

   The universe assigned the tasks of speaking and kissing to the lips because there is never a need to do both at the same time.

   p. 150

7. 

   I have visited a few astronauts, but all three either ignored me or prayed. The senseless chanting, I confess, repulsed me.

   p. 91

8. 

   Miracles were nonsense, mere coping mechanisms.

   p. 92

9. 

   His conviction is a compulsion not subject to self-preservation.

   p. 36

10. 

    To fear a truth! Blasphemy!

    p. 128

11. 

    For what it’s worth, the sociocultural rituals of your society seem to be in conflict with biological reality.

    p. 40

12. 

    The organization of religion is self-defeating, a trap for sin.

    p. 31