"'Empedocles said that God is a circle whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere. If that is true, then I don't need to go to church. And I don't need to believe the same things as you to see that you have a purpose. Now let's smoke and drink our coffee in peace.'"
Louis de Bernieres. Captain Corelli's Mandolin. London: Vintage, 1999. 63
