American Gods Quotes

There are bigger sacrifices one might be asked to make than going a little mad.

What’s a god? Can we even know they exist? People believe things, which means they’re real. That means we know they exist. So what came first, gods or the people who believed in them?[to Shadow]

Neutral, in the face of injustice is on the side of the oppressor.

We have reprogrammed reality. Language is a virus, religion an operating system, and prayers are just so much f***ing spam.

Victory is sweet on the tongue, and profit is sweet on the pocket.

This is the only country in the world that wonders what it is.

The only thing that scares me is being forgotten. I can survive most things, but not that.

Religion inspires in those who fear nothing, fear of the gods, and using that fear requires a certain element of f***ed up.

Life is long when you got regret. A moment can last forever when you can see how it should have gone.

I’ve done the math. This times that equals you’re a c**t, divided by the only way I’m going to get what I need is if you give it to me, equals the only way you’re going to give it to me is if you don’t need it. Like my friend Jesus Christ, the only thing you need, dead wife, is resurrection.[to Laura]

I’ve crossed enough paths to know that one in four people are rock stupid. Even the smart ones have got some kind of delusion they believe in, whether it’s gods or ghosts.

At times the universe does seem to have singled you out for unique abuse. In these moments, you gotta ask yourself: Would I rather be ignored?