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“I don’t belong here,” I said. “I don’t even believe in gods.”“Yeah,” he said. “That’s how we all started. Once you start believing in them? It doesn’t get any easier.”
“Wizards don’t believe in gods. They didn’t deny their existence, of course. They just didn’t believe. It was nothing personal; they weren’t actually rude about it. Gods were a visible part of narra...”
“The gods," he said. "Imprisoned in a thought. And perhaps they were never more than a dream.”
“The gods were there to do the duties of a megaphone, because who else would people listen to?”
“I mean, it's one thing saying you've got the best god, but sayin' it's the only real one is a bit of a cheek, in my opinion. I know where I can find at least two any day of the week. And they say e...”
“She opened one eye. “The goddess Artemis is going to talk to the supreme god Zeus … about me?” “Yup.” She closed her eyes again. “I’m so not okay.”
“Lord, she really hoped that was his penis and that Greek gods didn’t pad their briefs.”
“Organizing gods is like herding cats into straight lines. They don't take naturally to it.”
“Don’t interfere with false gods, you’ll get the gold paint all over your hands.”
“The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips Bronze cheeks and woolly hair The Grecian gods are like the Greeks As keen-eyed cold and fair.”
“There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khat-mandu There's a little marble cross below the town There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew And die yellow god forever gazes d...”
