The Shark God Quotes

“I don’t understand why this isn’t enough for you. Why the world isn’t enough for you. Why you are so obsessed with magic when you have all the wonder of humanity around you.”
― Charles Montgomery, The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific

“People here are trying to use angels like they once used their ancestral spirits. They are still trying to accumulate and direct mana like their ancestors did. There is almost no reference in this to Christ at all. Christianity is not about wielding power. It’s not about personal charisma. It’s not about mana. It is about meekness. Jesus gave up his power in order to die, weak and helpless, on the cross.”
― Charles Montgomery, The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific