The Hole in my Soul

“It must be maddening to see his baby brothers so blithely unconcerned about the unending torment that awaits.

But that’s how you know you’re an atheist: when the stories have no power. It’s like leaving a relationship. You realize the love is gone, or maybe never was there, and you finally stop trying to summon that feeling. You feel sad, and possibly terrified, but mostly you feel relief.”