Quotes by James Lovegrove

...I dont believe in Him, and if He does exist, I dont like Him. His type of gods arent gods who echo how mortals behave. Theyre gods who are held up as example of perfection to be emulated. Theyre not gods of the people. Theyre remote and inaccessible, they demand blind, unthinking obedience from their followers. Theyre dictators. We Aesir and Vanir, by contrast, are mirrors. Other gods rule. We reflect and magnify. We are you, only more so. We share your flaws and foibles. We are as humanlike as we are divine, and I think we are all the better for that.

Our pasts shape us,Sam.None of us the person he or she used to be,its true, but what we are still contains a great proportion of what we once were.Nothing,not even suffering the worst kind of tragedy,alters us completely.At core,we are set in stone.

Hierarchy and discipline gave shape to the world;that was what he had always believed.Life was made easy by adherence toa rigid structure.But maybe that only really worked when you were at the top of the ladder,when you were doing well.The further down the rungs you went,the more of a victim of circumstances you became and the less it mattered whether or not you were in control.

Under the stars,I tried to sleep,but for once in my life couldnt.My mutant super power-the ability to nod off at at the drop of a hat,any time,anywhere-had deserted me.

We girls arent supposed to fall for the good boys.We are supposed to like a bit of grit in our oyster.Thats how you get a pearl, after all.