

“He'd traveled into the afterlife, hollering for help and hearing nothing back. He knew there was no God waiting. No devil. No saints or sinners. There were only people and the stories they told themselves. People gave the heavens a voice so they had something to ask for a better harvest, a healthy child, or a milder winter. God was hope, and mankind needed hope the way it needed warmth, food, and ale. But with hope came disappointment. The downtrodden yearned for stories to explain their misfortunes, though what they really wanted was someone to blame for their misery. It was impossible to set fire to the blight that ruined your crops, but a blight was easily summoned by a witch, at which point any poor woman would do...or any old man within kicking distance.”
― The Devil and the Dark Water
― The Devil and the Dark Water

“As forks of lightning struck the deck, Crauwels prayed for God to see them through this. And when that got no response, he prayed to Old Tom.
'So this is how men go to the devil,' he thought bitterly. Cap in hand and short of hope, all their prayers gone unanswered.”
― The Devil and the Dark Water
'So this is how men go to the devil,' he thought bitterly. Cap in hand and short of hope, all their prayers gone unanswered.”
― The Devil and the Dark Water

“You’re as dense as the mountains you were carved out of.”
― The Devil and the Dark Water
― The Devil and the Dark Water

“How long have you been with Pipps?” “Five years,” said Arent, taking another gulp of the terrible wine. “He heard the songs about me and decided he needed somebody like that standing in front of him when he accused people of murder.” Drecht laughed. “You never put that in your stories.” “Good sense sometimes sounds like cowardice when you write it down.” He shrugged his massive shoulders.”
― The Devil and the Dark Water
― The Devil and the Dark Water

“Good mysteries so rarely come along, but if you've got a little imagination, you can invent as many as you want.”
― The Devil and the Dark Water
― The Devil and the Dark Water

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