I found a glimmering brown skull in the snow. I could not tell if it was mortal or god, and there seemed a sobering moral in that. - Tanith Lee

I think Kathaos fears no divine forces."
"Then he's a brave man."
"Oh, men make their own gods," Yannul remarked. "I have a god with a fat belly, and a house full of expensive women to attend his every need, and I call him Yannul the Lan in Five Years from This.

I had made vows and to spare, but the present cannot be ruled forever by the past.

And some who were not elegant said: “He is too elegant to be honest.” And some who were not tall said: “He is too tall to be trusted,” and some who were intuitive shuddered, though they were not sure why.