“Suppose you ask God for a miracle and God says yes, very well. How do you live the rest of your life?”

“Tell God how you feel, and don't be afraid to ask for a miracle.”

“If there is no miracle in your life..But you have God in your life, it means you have all the miracle in this universe!”

“What is such a believer, whose very life depends upon the daily bread of the living Word of God, supposed to do when God is silent?”

“You're Dionysus," I said. "The god of wine."Mr. D rolled his eyes. "What do they say these days, Grover? Do the children say 'Well duh!'?"Y-yes, Mr. D."Then, well, duh! Percy Jackson. Did you think I was Aphrodite, perhaps?" You're a god."Yes, child."A god. You.”

“How was God supposed to stop it? You're a free man, Alois. There are no invisible strings connecting you to God, directing your every move.'But if God is all-powerful, God could intervene. God could find a way.'And because God didn't intervene, it was all right.'Yes.'Too bad you don't believe in God, then. You've lost your excuse.'Bauer blinked. He looked away. 'Perhaps I do believe in God,' he said.Oh yes,' Dietrich said. 'God makes a convenient scapegoat. Or people always think God is absent when things are going bad for them. Things go better and God is back. Well, I want to live in the world as if there were no God. That is the only way God can truly be with any of us.”