The Gods Beneath Quotes

“Hannah tried to put her finger on it—what exactly the team brought her. Then it hit her. All her life she had felt a certain emptiness, but now, watching her friends on the deck, she felt full.  Full of life. Full of hope. Full of love. Love, she thought again, and then she remembered her conversation with the Oracle. All magicians had their ways of unlocking the energy—twisting fingers, mumbled words, fingers in the foliage—but Hannah’s was love.”
― C.M. Raymond, The Gods Beneath

“power comes from the fact that only she matters in her world. That she survive and flourish, and she alone, is what gives her power. That is far more dangerous than hate. She is purely rational in her pursuit of self-interest…and that could be our end.” “That’s scary as hell.”
― C.M. Raymond, The Gods Beneath

“The opposite of love for others,” he said slowly, “isn’t necessarily hate for others. It’s more like a pure and unadulterated self-love.”
― C.M. Raymond, The Gods Beneath