“Creators aren't gods. They make places, which is quite hard. It's men that make gods. This explains a lot.”

“It's hard to explain," said Brutha. "But I think it's got something to do with how people should behave... you should do things because they're right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.”

“On the Disc, the Gods aren't so much worshipped, as they are blamed.”

“Gods play games with the fates of men. But first they have to get all the pieces on the board and look all over the place for the dice.”

“It is said that whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. In fact, whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first hand the equivalent of a stick with a fizzing fuse and Acme Dynamite Company written on the side. It's more interesting, and doesn't take so long.”

“Usually he didn’t bother the gods, and he hoped the gods wouldn’t bother him. Life was quite complicated enough.”

“Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.”