Church Quote by Tom Hollander

“When we get christened or married or die, we drift naturally in the direction of the church. And in moments of crisis, when our spiritual Tom-Tom is no longer telling us what to do, we find ourselves scrabbling at the vicarage door.”

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My father was ethnically Jewish, but his family converted to Catholicism.

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For me, faith is more about aspiration than complacency - the smug satisfaction that other people find distasteful.

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