The Last God Quotes

“I take back all the times I took back all the bad things I said about Kluge,” I said. “He really is a moron.” “Actually, you’ve never taken back anything you said about him,” Jessep informed me. “Well that just goes to show how good a judge of character I am.”
― Michael McClung, The Last God

“I’m as old as dirt and in constant pain.”
― Michael McClung, The Last God

“Nematos? Who’s that?” “The god of murder.” “That’s, uh, not good.” “Well, he’s supposed to be chained up until the end of the world.” “Maybe he escaped?” “He certainly wasn’t let out for good behavior. Apparently one of the few things all the gods agreed upon was how much they hated Nematos’s guts.”
― Michael McClung, The Last God

“His face suddenly looked as it might if he’d found half a maggot in his beef pie.”
― Michael McClung, The Last God

“Gods, you must have been a deadly swordsman when you were younger.”
“Come again?”
“It's the only possible explanation for how you made it to a ripe old age. With a mouth such as yours, surely people have been trying to kill you since you were old enough to duel. And yet you're still here.”
“I was fair with a blade. I was better with my brain.”
“Which is why I am here, you cantankerous pustule. I don't expect you to hunt down the murderer yourself. Just look at what evidence has been gathered. See if you can pick out anything the watch might have missed. Then, when you're finished, apologize to my horse.”
― Michael McClung, The Last God