“They were firemakers! They were gods! [humans]”
“Men were not gods after all, but as human and as clumsy as girls.”
“The sights and sounds of human depravity were too much to forget. Is this hell? She wondered fleetingly. If not, where is God?”
“That was the day Rehab promised herself she would never bow her head to such gods. She hated them. For all their glittering attraction, she had seen them for what they were. They were consumers of humanity.”
“The figures looked more or less human. And they were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it's not murder if you do it for a god).”
“Dessie's friends were good and loyal but they were human, and humans love to feel good and they hate to feel bad.”