Quotes from Janet Morris

One man can make another's life so much better.

Gods are nothing without their worshipers; they act on the affairs and the passions of men.

Gods and men honor those who have fought in battle.

Everything that anyone respects is what men naturally excel at: fighting, accruing wealth, playing at power.

Such hubris could only come from a man's mouth.

Men live, and then they die. It is the quality of the process of living which matters, that and that alone.

Why is it we are always the targets of the angry Fates? Twice as many men of ours met harm as did theirs, since we've come here.

Every man heals himself.

The Fates are here because of supernal anger, celestial imbalance, and arrogance of men and gods that must be curbed.

Sometimes a man does what he'd most like to avoid.

Nature has a surer plan than mortals can devise.

Something is going on everywhere, most of which no one understands.

If it was true today, it might be untrue tomorrow.

"Learn what can, and cannot, be asked from destiny."

Only so much can be borne from men, so much from gods

You get what you expect. Expect to heal. Expect victory.

Gods have bloody hands.

Die never for a god, Nikodemos who should know better - not your soldiers' god, nor any other.

We fouled up. I did. He got hurt. Badly, maybe. And the god...is not helping him today.

You've been playing gods-and-witches again, that's clear.

I think we're all in Cime's army now. But never mind, the Storm God hasn't forgotten us. Heaven is no farther away than it ever was.

If, as Niko asks, you show them mercy, then the gods will be well pleased.

The two stallions, the silver and the black, represent the equine god (whomsoever horses pray to) in this ritual so ancient that no one knows what god to thank.

Use him wisely. Few have been given such a weapon by the gods or Fates before.