Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape. - Terry Pratchett

She walked quickly through the darkness with the frank stride of someone who was at least certain that the forest, on this damp and windy night, contained strange and terrible things and she was it.

Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.

"Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it."

"No, actually it isn't," said Tiffany. "Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short."