“I thought once that gods are the opposite of death, but I see now they are more dead than anything, for they are unchanging, and can hold nothing in their hands.”
― Circe
― Circe
“They do not care if you are good. They barely care if you are wicked. The only thing that makes them listen is power.”
― Circe
― Circe
“And where were you?’ he asks. ‘While you were gone?’ ‘I was in a house with many rooms. The sea sweeps through the house. Sometimes it swept over me, but always I was saved.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“But gods are born of ichor and nectar, their excellences already bursting from their fingertips. So they find their fame by proving what they can mar: destroying cities, starting wars, breeding plagues and monsters. All that smoke and savor rising so delicately from our altars. It leaves only ash behind.”
― Circe
― Circe
“It was their favorite bitter joke: those who fight against prophecy only draw it more tightly around their throats.”
― Circe
― Circe
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