There is nothing foolish about hope.

We worship Him not because He is the best of our gods, but because He is, or was, the greatest killer among them.

It is important to appreciate beauty, even when it is evil.

I remembered Nahadoth's lips on my throat and fought to suppress a shudder, only half succeeding. Death as a consequence of lying with a god wasn't something I had considered, but it did not surprise me. A mortal man's strength had its limits. He spent himself and slept. He could be a good lover, but even his best skills were only guesswork - for every caress that sent a woman's head into the clouds, he might try ten that brought her back to earth.

But when I got angry, my nerves sought an outlet, and my mouth didn't always guard the gates.

There's truth even in tainted knowledge, if one reads carefully.

It is blasphemy to separate oneself from the earth and look down on it like a god. It is more than blasphemy; it is dangerous. We can never be gods, after all - but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.