American Gods

Book · 5 characters · 359 quotes · 2001

Quotes from American Gods

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"The road keeps going on. There's always another town, another mile, another story."
Shadow Moon Adventure
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"In the spaces between the things, that's where the real magic happens."
Anansi Wisdom
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"You find out what you're capable of when you're forced to survive."
Laura Moon Courage
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"America is a hard place to believe in anything."
Mr. Wednesday Faith
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"You can't kill a god of stories. But you can take away everything that gives him power."
Shadow Moon Strength
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"Gods need belief. Prayers, sacrifices, offerings... that's what keeps them alive."
Mr. Wednesday Power
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"I am the God of Thursday, or was. Now I am the God of the spaces between things."
Anansi Faith
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"People believe, by and large, what they are told to believe."
Mr. Wednesday Truth
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"You're on a road. It's a good road, the road to a city, but along the way there are... attractions."
Mr. Wednesday Life
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"I can believe things that are true and things that aren't true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they're true or not."
Shadow Moon Wisdom
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"We are bound by the stories we believe."
Shadow Moon
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"The world is waiting for you."
Mr. Wednesday Adventure
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"Stories are the only immortality."
Anansi
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"The heart knows what the mind refuses to accept."
Shadow Moon Wisdom
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"We create the gods we need."
Mr. Wednesday
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"Power corrupts even gods."
Shadow Moon Power
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"The world spins on the edge of a blade."
Anansi
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"The past is a foreign country."
Shadow Moon History
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"Belief creates reality."
Mr. Wednesday Philosophy
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"The gods walk among us."
Shadow Moon Faith
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"The world is more mysterious than it seems."
Shadow Moon
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"Every story is true if enough people believe it."
Anansi Truth
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"You can't go home again."
Shadow Moon Change
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"Faith without doubt is not faith."
Mr. Wednesday Faith
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"The road goes ever on."
Shadow Moon
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"There is power in names."
Anansi Power
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"Memory is a dream we've forgotten."
Shadow Moon
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"You pay for the world. There is no free lunch."
Mr. Wednesday Truth
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"The world is full of monsters, and they're all more frightened than you are."
Shadow Moon Courage
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"Every person is a god if you look at them the right way."
Anansi Philosophy