American Gods

Book · 5 characters · 359 quotes · 2001

Quotes from American Gods

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"Faith is a hard thing to come by these days."
Anansi Faith
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"You're on a weird road. It doesn't get less weird. It just gets weirder, and if you're lucky, you live long enough to get used to it."
Mr. Wednesday Wisdom
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"The world is a lot stranger than most people realize."
Shadow Moon Wisdom
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"The price of knowledge is always paid in blood."
Mr. Wednesday Knowledge
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"The road chooses you as much as you choose it."
Mr. Wednesday
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"We are slaves to our desires."
Anansi Philosophy
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"The world is what we make it."
Shadow Moon Philosophy
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"Betrayal is the price of trust."
Mr. Wednesday Relationships
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"Love is a trap for the unwary."
Mr. Wednesday Love
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"Power corrupts, but powerlessness is worse."
Anansi Power
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"We are the sum of our choices."
Shadow Moon Life
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"Freedom is an illusion we sell ourselves."
Mr. Wednesday Freedom
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"You cannot escape your nature."
Shadow Moon Wisdom
M
"The old gods are not dead. They are merely forgotten."
Mr. Wednesday Faith
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"Every god needs worshippers."
Anansi Faith
M
"The past never dies. It just waits."
Mr. Wednesday History
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"The road goes on forever. You just have to keep walking."
Mr. Wednesday Perseverance
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"Money is a poor substitute for genuine human connection."
Shadow Moon Money
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"You're only as old as the last person who remembered you."
Anansi Wisdom
M
"Love is overrated. Belief is what matters."
Mr. Wednesday Love
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"The Lord of the Rings is not a power-fantasy."
Shadow Moon Literature
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"If you believe in something strongly enough, it becomes real."
Mr. Wednesday Faith
M
"We die. That may be the best thing we do."
Mr. Wednesday Death
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"You can't go home again. But you can shop there."
Shadow Moon Life
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"The only currency that matters is belief."
Mr. Wednesday Faith
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"You don't get to take people's love and devotion and leave them broken on the roadside when you get bored."
Laura Moon Relationships
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"Fear is the price of power."
Anansi Fear
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"You're on a road. It's a good road, the best road. It's the only road."
Mr. Wednesday Life
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"The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met anyone who took them seriously."
Mr. Wednesday Wisdom