You have no proof of this," I said. "No. But a theory must be tested to be disproved, Mr Bastable. - Michael Moorcock

I'll be seeing you," said Jerry.
Koutrouboussis chuckled to himself. "At this rate you'll be raising me, too.

It has often been noted that gods could not exist without mortals and mortals could not exist without gods."
"Yet gods, it appears," said Corum, "can affect our destinies."
"And we can affect theirs, can we not?

Violence creates nothing but violence, no matter what we call it and what the excuse. And so it goes, down all the centuries.