Francisco Tello

“The gods we prayed to when we were young used up their time so long ago. They cannot answer anymore.

They never liked us, did they?

Gods don't "like". They love, they hate, they ignore...”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

“Oh, he'll help us whether he wants to or not. I told the truth. I would not kill him. The death-curse of a god is an evil thing.

But I can hurt him. And I will.

And besides...

Have you never wondered, little bird, what it must be like to see the world through the eyes of a god?”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

“Can I ask a stupid question?"
"Sure. Ask away."
"It's sort of more than one question. But... Look, um... Why do we hurt? Why do we die? Why isn't life good all the time? Why isn't it fair?"
"Those aren't stupid questions, Hazel. For some people they're the only questions that matter."
"Does that mean you won't answer them?"
"Sure, I'll answer. But it's kind of a big subject, and it's got lots of answers, and the answers don't really mean anything-- They aren't stupid questions but they could just as well be 'When is purple?' or 'Why does Thursday?', if you see what I mean..."
"Not really."
"Well, I think some of it is probably contrasts. Light and Shadow. If you never had the bad times, how would you know you had the good times? But some of it is just: If you're going to be Human, then there are a whole load of things that come with it. Eyes, a Heart, Days and Life.
It's the moments that illuminate it, though. The times you don't see when you're having them... They make the rest of it matter.”
― Neil Gaiman, Death: The Time of Your Life

“I'll tell you a secret. A raven created the world. When Noah sent him out to find land, he couldn't find any. It had all been washed away.

So he created it.

He shat the dry land and he pissed the the fresh water. Then he flew off, laughing fit to burst. So the world eas there for the dove to find.

Really?

They don't admit to it, of course. Who wants to be blamed for creating the world?”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones