The gods use their chosen hard, but reveal little to them.

Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!

— Plautus

“He had chosen a hard life … or perhaps he should say that a hard life had been chosen for him. He”

— George R.R. Martin

“Remember how long you have been putting off these things, and how often you have received an opportunity from the gods, and yet do…

— Marcus Aurelius

You make some big grandoise decision about what you need to do, or who you need to be, and then circumstances arise that immediately…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Sometimes things reveal themselves to you a little bit. I think it was Joan Didion that said, "We write to find out what we're…

— Craig Finn

I don't like people probing into my life, so I reveal as little as possible or lie about it as much as need be…

— David Bowie

Power, for the writer…lies in his ability to reveal if only a little bit more about the complexity of humanity.

— Ralph Ellison

“Holy gods. He'd frozen the whole damn lake. He was THAT powerful?”

— Sarah J. Maas

“Aeneas' mother is a star?" "No; a goddess." I said cautiously, "Venus is the power that we invoke in spring, in the garden, when…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Once upon a time, there was a man as great as the gods… But even the great can tremble with fear. Even the great…

— Mary E. Pearson

How do you explain a person like Asha Bhosle? A star or a super star or just someone from the Gods.

— Anu Malik

“Do you see those dull stars?" She outlined the formation with her finger. "A pentagram," whispered Scott. "Yes, but not just any pentagram. Take…

— Katie Mattie

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.

— Anonymous

What Gods do you believe in? I'll build you a temple of mirrors so you can see them.

— Andrea Gibson

“Is that what they teach you at the convent? That the gods demand the hearts from our bodies?”

— Robin LaFevers