"You are so steeped in the abnormal, the unreasoning, the extreme, that you are seriously offended when someone fails to pay them homage. To you, such things are not to be questioned; and anyone who speaks of them without the proper awe and admiration must become an unperson."

I've never heard a more perfect description of a Catholic. I'd know: I'm an apostate.

(I know he's gone, but, really: speaking to him after he's been banned is just as effective as speaking to him when he could reply.)