Going to Ford's Theatre to watch the play is like going to Hooters for the food. - Sarah Vowell

Like a lot of once devout people who have lost their faith, I had holes the size of heaven and hell in my head and in my heart.

There are freaky talking mannequins in the Salem Witch Museum that recite the Lord's Prayer and while they do resemble shrunken apples they nevertheless help the visitor understand how hard it must have been for the condemned to say the line about forgiving those who trespass against us.

I guess if I had to pick a spiritual figurehead to possess the deed to the entirety of Earth, I'd go with Buddha, but only because he wouldn't want it.