#gods

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But for a moment Dirk had a sense of inifinite loss and sadness that somewhere among the frenzy of information noise that daily rattled the lives of men he thought he might have heard a few notes that denoted the movements of gods.


Douglas Adams


#humanity #men

Do you know the primary difference between men and gods? ... Gods don’t think they can become men


Dennis Lehane


#men #men

The gods are blind. And men see only what they wish" - Tyrion Lannister


George R.R. Martin


#men #men

Then the woman in the bed sat up and looked about her with wild eyes; and the oldest of the old men said: 'Lady, we have come to write down the names of the immortals,’ and at his words a look of great joy came into her face. Presently she, began to speak slowly, and yet eagerly, as though she knew she had but a little while to live, and, in English, with the accent of their own country; and she told them the secret names of the immortals of many lands, and of the colours, and odours, and weapons, and instruments of music and instruments of handicraft they held dearest; but most about the immortals of Ireland and of their love for the cauldron, and the whetstone, and the sword, and the spear, and the hills of the Shee, and the horns of the moon, and the Grey Wind, and the Yellow Wind, and the Black Wind, and the Red Wind. ("The Adoration of the Magi")


W.B. Yeats


#ireland #mythology #love

Organizing gods is like herding cats into straight lines. They don't take naturally to it.


Neil Gaiman


#organizing #nature

No it's not!" said Constable Visit. "Atheism is a denial of a god." "Therefore It Is A Religious Position," said Dorfl. "Indeed, A True Atheist Thinks Of The Gods Constantly, Albeit In Terms of Denial. Therefore, Atheism Is A Form Of Belief. If The Atheist Truly Did Not Believe, He Or She Would Not Bother To Deny.


Terry Pratchett


#atheist #gods #religion #religion

Maybe she still was a pretty-head, making up irrational stories about the empty forest. The longer she stayed alone out here, the more Tally understood why the Rusties and their predecessors had believed in invisible beings, praying to placate spirits as they trashed the natural world around them.


Scott Westerfeld


#humanity #nature-of-human #religion #spirits #nature

We are our own gods.


Zeena Schreck


#gods #occult #religion #religion

Away with them, away; we should not believe fairy stories if we wish to be good. Think of them as persons from the fairy wood.


Stevie Smith


#fairies #god #gods #i-was-so-full #religion

When gods die, self-respect buds', murmured Orland Fank. 'Gods and their examples are not needed by those who respect themselves and, consequently, respect others. Gods are for children, for little, fearful people, for those who would have no responsibility to themselves or their fellows.


Michael Moorcock


#gods #responsibility #self-respect #respect