“The merciful man is rarely victorious. One's enemies are like snakes; though one may learn to handle them, they are always poisonous.”

“I'm afraid that the gift of visiting the past is all that we have. We can revisit it, but only as it happened.”

“Mother Astarte who creates and destroys. Kybele, goddess of all that is, was, and ever shall be,” he invoked.”

“Simplicity! He is as simple as a spider's web.”

“The merciful man is rarely victorious. One's enemies are like snakes; though one may learn to handle them, they are always poisonous.”

“Are you ready to be rejoined for all time with your fellow gods? Oh yes, she explained, For not only was he a god, but so were all mortals gods in disguise, divorced from their divine lineage, their true identities, shrouded from their earthly selves. That is what she now revealed to him; He had been one of the rare humans who had not forgotten the connection with his divine self, and had lived like a god his mortal life.”

“Can you not see that we still might win? We lost a battle, not a war.”

“The strong do as they will while the weak suffer what they must.”

“Those on the decline always criticize those on the rise.”

“You see, Great Caesar. she said, this is the way in which mortals retain the power of the divine---in every earthly choice they make. 'But it's a paradox.' he said. 'Human beings are in control of everything and nothing at all.' 'Yes, she answered, her coy smile spreading joy across her lovely face. It is that simple.”

“What is the difference between freedom and hedonism? Between freedom and insanity?”