I’ll be frank: the desire to convince “standard thinkers” has almost faded away – these people are invincible.

“This is from the devil,” the holy fathers declare, without reading, just glancing briefly at the covers of the books.. .

By God, all that remains is to thank fate, which gave life not during the time of the Holy Inquisition: ruddy, with a crispy crust, fried on my own writings – I often observe a kind of “still life” in the eyes of my interlocutors, true believers and people who affirm God’s mercy and justice on earth, “God is love,” they shout in my face, boring with hateful eyes…