All my life," I said, "knowledge has come to me for which I was not ready. - Tanith Lee

He has been described as having a dancer’s body, a wrestler’s shoulders, a pianist’s hands, the legs of a marathon runner, the face of a young god, and the hair of a Renaissance prince. None of these descriptions seemed, to the off-hand observer, to be inaccurate.

The deeds of conquest and omnipotence have a sameness, as does the exposition of most evil.

What do I care for the god?" the woman suddenly screamed, catching up her dead child. "What god is he that takes away my son and leaves me nothing?