Quotes About Gods

The grey sheep have closed their eyes, but the mastiff sees the truth. Old powers waken. Shadows stir. An age of wonder and terror will soon be upon us, an age for gods and heroes.

Quentyn Martell almost laughed aloud. The gods are mad.

The gods have no mercy. That's why they're gods.

If there are gods, why is the world so full of pain and injustice?" "Because of men like you." "There are no men like me. There's only me.

What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs?

Once I dreamed of flying, she thought, and now I've flown, and dream of stealing eggs. That made her laugh. "Men are mad and gods are madder" she told the grass, and the grass murmured its agreement.

In the darkness all the gods were strangers.

Hundreds had come to the castle gates to bear witness to the burning of the Seven. The smell in the air was ugly. Even for soldiers, it was hard not to feel uneasy at such an affront to the gods most had worshiped all their lives.

The gods are never that good.

Our gods gave us legs to run with, noses to smell with, hands to touch and feel. What mad cruel god would give a man eyes and tell him he must forever keep them shut, and never look at all the beauty in the world?

Why, that is why the gods made whores for imps like me.

At night Tyrion would oft hear her praying. A waste of words. If there are gods to listen, they are monstrous gods who torment us for their sport. Who else would make a world like this, so full of bondage, blood, and pain?

Call it boldness, call it madness, call it fortune or the will of the gods or the caprice of dragons. Who can know the mind of such a beast?

Where were the gods then? The gods don't care about men, no more than kings care about peasants.

What are gods for if not to sit in judgment over men? The Many-Faced God does not weigh men's souls, however. He gives his gift to the best of men as he gives it to the worst. Elsewise the good would live forever.

Aren't you afraid? The gods might send you down to some terrible hell for all the evil you've done." "What evil?" He laughed. "What gods?

We are only human, and the Gods have fashioned us for love. This is our greatest glory and our greatest tragedy.

Until what? Foolish woman, will holding it secret in our heart make it any less true? If you never tell, never speak of it, will it become only a dream, less than a dream, a nightmare half-remembered? Oh, if only the gods would be so good.

Men may plot and plan and scheme, but they had best pray as well, for no plan ever made by man has ever withstood the whims of the gods above.

Se solo potessi portarla a Grande Inverno…donarle un fiore colto nei giardini vetrati, farla banchettare nella sala grande, mostrarle i re di pietra sui loro troni. Potremmo fare il bagno nelle sorgenti calde, e fare l'amore sotto il grande albero-cuore, con gli antichi dei a proteggerci".

Red Rahloo means nothing here. You will only make the old gods angry. They are watching from their island.

Solo somos humanos, y los dioses nos hicieron para el amor. Es nuestra mayor gloria y nuestra peor tragedia.

Be strong, boy. The gods are cruel.

No one sang up there. No one ever laughed too loud. Even the gods were silent.