Taleswapper looked at Miller.
I'm nothing, he said.
A Christian isn't nothing, said Taleswapper.
I'm no Christian, either.
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.

Chapter 9. - The Tales of Alvin Maker - Seventh Son (1987)