“Goodbye, Father. I’ll speak for you. I speak for all mediocrities

in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint. On

their behalf I deny Him, your God of no mercy. Your God who

tortures men with longings they can never fulfill. He may forgive

me: I shall never forgive Him. Mediocrities everywhere, now

and to come: I absolve you all! I absolve you! Amen!”

from Amadeus