“The Gods know what it is to be eternal, and they love to toy with mortals who use absolutes.”
“Never say never,” he said urgently, rolling back on top of her and using all of his unusually heavy mass to press her deep into the cocoon of her little girl bed. “The gods love to toy with people who use absolutes.”
“Their lust to win the love of mortals away from God knows no bounds.”
“Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week? Or sell eternity to get a toy? For one grape who will the vine destroy?”
“To love is to be vulnerable: if God loves, then God is mortal.”
“The girl I used to love is no longer a girl, and this saddens me more than our separation. It puts my own mortality vividly on display, in contrast to my eternally youthful memories.”