231 quotes found
“Too often people mistake monsters for gods.”
“When we tell our stories, the gods hear our sorrows.”
“Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.”
“I cant get enough of you, he said against her neck. When I walk away from you I feel like Ive cut myself off from breathing.”
“Don't care about gods. Gods are irrelevant. What counts is people. What counts is having respect for each other.”
“So the gods, Moash said, nursing his own drink, were pleased that you solved problems on your own . . . by going to other gods and begging them for help instead?Hush, Rock said. Is good story.”
“If the gods do decide to wipe us out, is it such a bad thing? Maybe we've earned a little annihilation.”
“The planet is littered with irresponsible gods.”
“Make me a shadow on the wall!”
“ 'Are our gods better than Olaf's god?' Alfdis laughed. 'That's a silly question. Gods are gods. Our gods have been with us since the beginning of the world. We sacrifice to them, and they aid us w...”
“There are no gods, we are told, so I must make my own salvation.”
“We cannot understand the Higher Wisdom. Later, well after the event, we may see the lesson contained in the event, and be truly grateful. We must, however, submit to what happens, accepting all tha...”
“Most witches dont believe in gods. They know that the gods exist, of course. They even deal with them occasionally. But they dont believe in them. They know them too well. It would be like believin...”
“Oh no." I said panic rising in my chest. "No, no, no, Somebody get a can opener. I've got a god in my head!!”
“Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works.I am praying. I'm talking to you, right?Oh...yes. Good point. Amphitrite - incoming!”
“I still don't understand what a sea god would be doing in Atlanta."Leo snorted. "What's a wine god doing in Kansas? Gods are weird.”
“God is not a granter of wishes. God is a ruthless bitch.”
“The Gods know what it is to be eternal, and they love to toy with mortals who use absolutes.”
“I felt ashamed.""But of what? Psyche, they hadn't stripped you naked or anything?""No, no, Maia. Ashamed of looking like a mortal -- of being a mortal.""But how could you help that?""Don't you thin...”
“I'm the idiot box. I'm the TV. I'm the all-seeing eye and the world of the cathode ray. I'm the boob tube. I'm the little shrine the family gathers to adore.' 'You're the television? Or someone in ...”
