Religion is a means of exploitation employed by the strong against the weak; religion is a cloak of ambition, injustice and vice. . . . Truth breaks free, science is popularized, and religion totters; soon it will fall, in the course of centuries--that is, tomorrow. . . . In good time we shall only have to deal with reason.
You can be who you will,” he repeated. His voice softened. “And if you will have me, I will be the one beside you.