“Fear is your sword”

“Dont be afraid, he says with a half smile. Youre with me. His hand tightens around my wrist, tugging me down again playfully. And this time, I feel safe enough to take a deep breath of my own and d...”

“If Ive learned anything from my past and my present, its the power of fear. You can give your subjects all the generosity in the world, and still they will demand more. But those who are afraid don...”

“Like fear and fury. It is energy from another realm, threads from beneath the surface, an immortal place never meant to be disturbed. Raffaele trembles.Something is poisoning the world.”

“You think me cruel.No. Magiano hesitates for a long moment. Maybe a little.Im not branding them because I am cruel, I say calmly. Im doing it as a reminder of what theyve done to us. To the marked....”

“To those who, in spite of everything, still choose goodness.”

“The sight of a worm excites my reverence more than all the gods men have invented.”

“For the natural polytheist, whose gods arise in and from the natural material world ... Our gods not only have transcendent eyes and metaphysical hands. They have antlers and feathers, hooves and s...”

“I sing to you of many more gods, gods of wind and water, gods of each mineral and the events that created them. I sing to you of the gods of protons, of quarks, of atomic forces binding and holding...”

“All they're going to see is a wealthy man who has no idea how to heal their suffering.”

“All they're going to see is a wealthy man who has no idea how to heal their suffering.”