“Perhaps they thought the Urisk planned to beg for mercy. Perhaps the generals thought the Urisk were praying for some imaginary god to swoop in and save them.In either case, the generals would be wrong. The Urisk aren’t begging for mercy and they aren’t praying to an imaginary god.They’re praying to me.Now pardon me for a moment, I have some swooping and saving to do.”
“Merciful Father.... I have squandered my days with plans of many things.This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only, to live the next few minutes well.For all we ought to have thought and have not thought... All we ought to have said and have not said. All we ought to have done and have not done. I pray thee, God for forgiveness.”
“Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.”
“Common people do not pray; they only beg.”
“God picked me to be his punching bag...so who am I suposed to pray to for mercy?”
“And the living prayed to their gods and begged for rescue from the armies of the dead, and there was no answer. For there are no gods.”