I just took [my cancer diagnosis] as bad luck, basically. It did strike me almost immediately, my atheist sort of thing kicked in and I thought ha, if I was a God-botherer, I'd be thinking, why me God? What have I done to deserve this? and I thought at least I'm free of that, at least I can simply treat it as bad luck and get on with it.

~ Iain M. Banks

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When I see a garden in flower, then I believe in God for a second. But not the rest of the time

~ Svetlana Alexievich

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