Taleswapper looked at Miller.
“I'm nothing,†he said.
“A Christian isn’t nothing,†said Taleswapper.
“I'm no Christian, either.â€
“Ah,†said Taleswapper. “A Deist, then, like Tom Jefferson.†The children murmured at his mention of the great man’s name.
“Taleswapper, I'm a father who loves his children, a husband who loves his wife, a farmer who pays his debts, and a miller without a millstone.â€
Orson Scott Card