Quote Book Saturday, Sunday Edition

So, I'm a day late for quote book Saturday.
But, you are getting a triple dose.
"In the space between yes and no, there's a lifeline. It's the difference between the path you walk and the one you leave behind; it's the gap between who you thought you could be and who you really are; it's the legroom for the lies you'll tell yourself in the future."
Specifically because today is Easter:
"Somewhere along the line, organized religion stopped being about faith, and started being about who had the power to keep that faith."
And why, from now on, I consider myself a Jewish agnostic:
"An aethists' got more in common with a Christian, since he believes you can know whether or not G-d exists-but where a Christian says absolutely, the atheist says absolutely not…" For agnostics "the jury's still out. Religion is intriguing, but in a historical sense. A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others."
I don't know if I believe in G-d. But in the end, I'm not sure it matters. We should be good to each other because we are all human beings, not so we can go to Heaven.
This weeks quotes come from a novel I just finished, Change of Heart by Jodi Pioult. Jodi Picoult is my favorite author, ever. I've read all her books. I've gone to her book signings. This one, I didn't love. But, anything by Jodi Picoult is better than most of the drivel out there.
In case those quotes sparked your interest, from Jodi's own website:

Shay Bourne – New Hampshire’s first death row prisoner in 69 years – has only one last request: to donate his heart post-execution to the sister of his victim, who is looking for a transplant. Bourne says it’s the only way he can redeem himself…but with lethal injection as his form of execution, this is medically impossible. Enter Father Michael Wright, a young local priest. Called in as Shay’s spiritual advisor, he knows redemption has nothing to do with organ donation – and plans to convince Bourne. But then Bourne begins to perform miracles at the prison that are witnessed by officers, fellow inmates, and even Father Michael – and the media begins to call him a messiah. Could an unkempt, bipolar, convicted murderer be a savior? It seems highly unlikely, to the priest. Until he realizes that the things Shay says may not come from the Bible…but are, verbatim, from a gospel that the early Christian church rejected two thousand years ago…and that is still considered heresy.

Change Of Heart looks at the nature of organized religion and belief, and takes the reader behind the closely drawn curtains of America’s death penalty. Featuring the return of Ian Fletcher from Keeping Faith, it also asks whether religion and politics truly are separate in this country, or inextricably tangled. Does religion make us more tolerant, or less? Do we believe what we do because it’s right? Or because it’s too frightening to admit that we may not have the answers?