I have a serious question." "I will give a serious answer." "Can a god be killed?" The humor drained from Roman's face. "Well, that depends on if you're a pantheist or a Marxist." "What's the difference?" "The first believes that divinity is the universe. The two are synonymous and nonexistent without each other. The second believes in anthropocentrism, seeing man in the center of the universe, and god as just an invention of human conscience. Of course, if you follow Nietzsche, you can kill God just by thinking about him.

The rabbis paled. I’d managed to terrify holy men. Maybe I could beat up a nun for an encore.

Grandpa?" Declan raised his eyebrows. "We keep him in the shed out back," Jack said helpfully. "So he doesn't eat dog brains.

Keeping you safe keeps me in shape.

Settle down, Princess. It’s not my first time.

Failure happened. The trick was to accept the risk and try anyway.

Your date appears to be hysterical," Rene told me. "You think I should slap some man into him?