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“He knew that he wielded magic as well as iron, and yet looked away from it, and made himself fables to explain his own presence in the world, and sought gods who might be more powerful than himself...”
“The gods cared nothing for those they touched. Especially war gods.”
“Humanity's relationship with the Divine is one of mutual give and take, and we mutually opted to part ways. But this perpetuation - setting up a way of thinking, and just letting it run - it doesn'...”
“So, in other words, we tore our world apart to get rid of these gods. And they were very bad gods, right?' I say, just to be clear. 'Not just messing around and having funsies with their adoring fo...”
“Humanized gods are too small to captivate my imagination, or be worthy of my fullest allegiance.”
“I dont belong here, I said. I dont even believe in gods.Yeah, he said. Thats how we all started. Once you start believing in them? It doesnt get any easier.”
“Wizards dont believe in gods. They didnt deny their existence, of course. They just didnt believe. It was nothing personal; they werent actually rude about it. Gods were a visible part of narrativi...”
“Those ruffians, the Gods, shan't have it all their own way,-- her notion being that the Gods, who never lost a chance of hurting, thwarting and spoiling human lives were seriously put out if, all t...”
“Hes not my god.Mine either. Who are you to judge me?Gods should always be judged.”
“In Gods third day we should reveal God to the world around us.”
“When I look at the multitude of the gods of the past held in esteem by great civilisations now cast aside as pagan idols, I wonder wether tomorrow the gods we hold in high esteem won't suffer the s...”
“You can't see both sides of one coin at once, can you, child? The god of money always keeps a secret.The god of money was also the god of spies.”
“So they watch over us like gods of old. Our patron sinners.”
“Women! Whether human or divine, what man can ever truly understand them?”
“That was the message. For me, alone among mortals, the gods send their messenger to tell me to stop whining. Thatll teach me to go hide in a temple.”
“Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?”
“The gods," he said. "Imprisoned in a thought. And perhaps they were never more than a dream.”
“Good and evil have nothing to do with gods. It has to do with us.”
“The pagan gods are not dead, but can return to topple science with superstition and modern man with bestial pleasures that pre-date civilisation.”
“Of course, of course. Mr. Buzzby, did it ever occur to you that a god may live, figuratively, a dog's life?''Eh?''Gods are transfigured, you know. They go up in smoke, as it were. In smoke and flam...”
