As with all things political, the issue was power. - James Morrow

God is out of the loop," said Martin..."He's left the scene"—he grimaced, realizing what he was about to say—"of His crimes.

Francis realized he was afflicted with what his father used to term “an erection of the curiosity organ.”

Much as I hate to admit it, humanity will get along perfectly well without me. Any species that could invent the twentieth century entirely on its own doesn’t need a Prince of Darkness.