… the Quirmian philosopher Ventre, who said, ‘Possibly the gods exist, and possibly they do not. So why not believe in them in any case? If it’s all true you’ll go to a lovely place when you die, and if it isn’t then you’ve lost nothing, right?’ When he died he woke up in a circle of gods holding nasty-looking sticks and one of them said, ‘We’re going to show you what we think of Mr Clever Dick in these parts …’ (H)
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‘Goddesses can be a wee bit tricky.’ (W)
‘You know where you are with big-brained monsters, but gods are another matter.’ (DSS)
Like many professionally religious people - and they were pretty professional, being gods - they tended towards unease in the presence of the unashamedly spiritual. (LH)
'... it's one thing saying you've got the best god, but sayin' it's the only real one is a bit of cheek, in my opinion.' (CJ)
They didn't have any gods themselves but were generally polite about those belonging to other people. (CP)
The Munrungs didn't have gods. Life was complicated enough as it was. (CP)
In Mrs Whitlow's book, gods were socially very acceptable, at least if they had proper human heads and wore clothes ... (LC)
'I think that before we made humanity, we broke the mould.' (LC)
That's what the gods are! An answer that will do! Because there's food to be caught and babies to be born and life to be lived and so there is no time for big, complicated and worrying answers! Please give us a simple answer, so we don't have to think, because if we think we might find answers that don't fit the way we want the world to be. (N)
'... when you look at the state of mankind you are forced to accept the reality of the gods.' (LH)
'That's the thing about gods. They'll always find a way to, you know ... hang on.' (H)
'I have faith.'
REALLY? IN WHAT PARTICULAR DEITY? 'Oh, none of them.' THEN FAITH IN WHAT? 'Just faith, you know. In general.' (Ma) 'I ain't against gods and goddesses, in their place. But they've got to be the ones we make ourselves. Then we can take 'em to bits for parts when we don't need 'em any more, see?' (LL)
Fate always wins. Most of the gods throw dice but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until it's too late that he's been using two queens all along. (IT)
And, if they're said with the right passion and the gods are feeling bored, sometimes the universe will reform itself around words like that. Words have always had the power to change the world. (SM)
… when you hit your thumb with an eight-pound hammer it’s nice to be able to blaspheme. (MA)
There’s a streak of madness in everyone who spends quality time with gods … (SG)
And they were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it’s not murder if you do it for a god). (SG)
Gods never need to be very bright when there are humans around to be it for them. (SG)
‘Fate doesn’t like it when people take up more space than they ought to.’ (MP)
People in Scoone Avenue had old money, which was supposed to be much better than new money, although Captain Vimes had never had enough of either to spot the difference. People in Scoone Avevue had their own personal bodyguards. People in Scoone Avenue were said to be so aloof they wouldn't even talk to the gods. This was a slight slander. They would talk to gods, if they were well-bred gods of decent family. (GG)
Look after the dead, said the priests, and the dead would look after you. After all, they were in the majority. (P)
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