No Gods, No Monsters Quotes

“As he walks with the crowd, he understands what he had forgotten: that a march is not just a voice against violence and trauma, but also a reminder that even in a cause that is stacked against them, no one is alone.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Sometimes, if enough people scream loud enough, the combined effort might get into the head of someone powerful.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Monsters existed in the liminal space of half-belief and practical superstition. Even folks who claimed not to believe in God knew not to tempt devils.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Near Ridley, a man yells, “No Gods.”
“No monsters,” the crowd chants back.
The chant is an evolution of an anarchist slogan: No Gods, No Masters,” the original version meaning no human above. It is a call against hierarchy. Ridley assumes the variation means no human above, no human below, or something like it. A call against hierarchy and discrimination.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“I’m Sorry to do it this way, but I had to be safe,” Melku explains. “I won’t waste any more time. Our collective’s mission is to support the solidarity movement. Often, that has meant supporting marginalized peoples. Some of you are part of the queer and trans community, like me. Many of the most valuable monsters are also a part of these communities., which is why redefining to include them is so important. In that spirit, I think we should extend our support to monsters since it is likely that they’re already in the movement but have chosen to remain silent.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Here's the real point: Paranoia has a physics to it, and even with something as insubstantial as paranoia, over time it gains substance, has weight. Secret societies are the result of paranoia, not the cause.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Their power over the will of other. Who is responsible when a person is made into an aimed weapon? Where is the line? Was there ever one?”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Like ants, perhaps enough human bodies can form a critical mass, becoming a marvel capable of great things, even against obstacles calcified through years of accumulated resources and power. Maybe.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Some simply can’t believe that monsters could exist without our knowing. Of course, there are reasons we might not have known.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“We’re all blind,” he says after swallowing. “Take solace in that. Choice comes first. Meaning comes later.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Okay. You know about flat-earthers, right? Don’t get me wrong. I know the earth is round. But I can empathize with the desire to hold things firm in your own hands. I’ve”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Because trauma is an open door. We all have to make amends to all the people we let in.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“The child didn't know the man and didn't know why he was being punished, but this was the way it had always been: doing horrible things and not knowing why.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Her brother is dead, but his death is just a change of state really. How many times did she bury him already? How many more times will she have to bury him?”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“She’s also worked a number of unruly Anarres events: board game nights, murder- mystery role-plays, painting and wine nights, speed dating, speed- dating board game nights, queer speed-dating board game nights, and, of course, movie nights.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“We weren’t very good at our marriage. But you were worse.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“It is inaccurate to say Dragon thought these things. They existed not in words but in emotion, a sudden sense of wrongness that could only be approximated. The words were inadequate to the feeling.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Anything with substance can be manipulated.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“He hates even more the idea that his interests are anything more than academic. But no one’s interests are ever strictly academic. Here’s”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“The intermediary between an orchestrated event and chaos is manipulation.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Eleanor laughed, a little chuckle of realization. “Maybe I do believe in God. A little.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Like a cat in a box—both dead and alive,”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“It isn't selfish to protect yourself from abusive people."
"It is selfish. But it's the kind that looks good on paper."
"You have the right to protect yourself.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Falling in love with Ridley happened later. It was slow and easy, like wearing in a good shoe.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Don’t do it, she tells herself. Don’t go there, not now. She sets the thought on fire and lets the smoke curl away to nothing before it can do any harm.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“Sometimes, guilt and loss push a person into becoming more than singular. They split in two to resurrect what they've lost or live in service to what was lost.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters

“The Fracture effect was the short book’s title-it had to be short to hit the presses so quickly. This was also the name Wallace had coined for the split in the collective conscieousness of humanity after the events of November 5.”
― Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters