But the truth is, that when a Library expels a book of mine and leaves an unexpurgated Bible lying around where unprotected youth and age can get hold of it, the deep unconscious irony of it delights me and doesn't anger me. ~ Letter to Mrs. F. G. Whitmore (February 7, 1907) by Mark Twain

There is, after all, no beatitude that reads: 'Blessed are the editors, for they shall make stuff shorter to read.'

Take some time and put the Bible on your summer reading list. Try and stick with it cover to cover. Not because it teaches history; it doesn't. Read it because…

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton