American Gods

"You don't have to believe in something to know it's true."

"The world is older than you think."

"People believe in all sorts of things that aren't true."

"Believe nothing."

"Gods are real. This much I knew."

"The only thing that makes people want to believe in you is if you're a stupid miracle."

"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."

"Belief is a powerful thing."

"Every god needs sacrifice."

"In the end, we are all frauds."

"You learn who you are by what you do when you have to."

"America is a god-eating country."

"Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything."

"The real war is spiritual."

"This country is not a good country. It's not an evil country either. It's just a country."

"You're a con man, Shadow. That's your gift."

"Come to America. The land of opportunity."

"We are the gods that America forgot."

"I am the son of a black man and a white woman, and I came to America to find myself."

"The function of freedom fighting is to give people hope."

"Nothing is ever what it seems."

"You can't argue with your own mythology."

"Dead is dead."

"The world is full of monsters."

"Every coin has two sides."

"Fear can make you do more wrong than hate ever will."

"You don't have to understand things for them to be useful."

"Gods need belief like plants need light."

"In the old days, you needed a reason to believe."

"I'm not a god. I don't want to be a god. I want only to be human."