“Is it Protestant money or Catholic money you’re after?” I ask. “It does not matter,” he says. “Not where I come from.” “Where in God’s name do you come from?” I ask again. “May I go there with you? Because in the name of Our Lord’s mammy, if I could be someplace where money’s got no religion and religion’s got no money, I’d be a happier woman.”

“Is it Protestant money or Catholic money you’re after?” I ask. “It does not matter,” he says. “Not where I come from.” “Where in God’s name do you come from?” I ask again. “May I go there with you? Because in the name of Our Lord’s mammy, if I could be someplace where money’s got no religion and religion’s got no money, I’d be a happier woman.”

— Neal Stephenson