"So you say! In your empty, barren, miserable world!"
"Gods are born of belief, and belief is dead. We murdered it with our vast intelligence. You were too primitive—"
"Killing gods is not hard. The easiest murder of all. Nor is it a measure of intelligence. Not even of civilization. Indeed, the difference with which such death-blows are delivered is its own form of ignorance."
"More like forgetfulness. After all, it's not the gods that are important, it is the stepping outside of oneself that gifts a mortal with virtue—"
"Kneel before Order? You blind fool—"
"Order? I was speaking of compassion..."/>

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" There are no gods."
"So you say! In your empty, barren, miserable world!"
"Gods are born of belief, and belief is dead. We murdered it with our vast intelligence. You were too primitive—"
"Killing gods is not hard. The easiest murder of all. Nor is it a measure of intelligence. Not even of civilization. Indeed, the difference with which such death-blows are delivered is its own form of ignorance."
"More like forgetfulness. After all, it's not the gods that are important, it is the stepping outside of oneself that gifts a mortal with virtue—"
"Kneel before Order? You blind fool—"
"Order? I was speaking of compassion... "

― Steven Erikson , House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #4)

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Steven Erikson quote : There are no gods."So you say! In your empty, barren, miserable world!"
"Gods are born of belief, and belief is dead. We murdered it with our vast intelligence. You were too primitive—"
"Killing gods is not hard. The easiest murder of all. Nor is it a measure of intelligence. Not even of civilization. Indeed, the difference with which such death-blows are delivered is its own form of ignorance."
"More like forgetfulness. After all, it's not the gods that are important, it is the stepping outside of oneself that gifts a mortal with virtue—"
"Kneel before Order? You blind fool—"
"Order? I was speaking of compassion..." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>
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