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And then this whole deal of new gods, old gods," said his friend. "You ask me, I welcome new gods. Bring the on. The god of guns. The god of bombs. Al...more

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Listen, gods die when they are forgotten. People too. But the land's still here. The good places, and the bad. The land isn't going anywhere. And neit...more

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Fox was here first, and his brother was the wolf. Fox said, people will live forever. If they die they will not die for long. Wolf said, no, people wi...more

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It's harder to pick and choose when you're dead. It's like a photograph, you know. It doesn't matter as much.

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So," he asked. "How's death?""Hard," she said. "It just keeps going.

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Shadow crawled across the floor to the yellow foam-rubber pad and climbed onto it, pulling the thin blanket over himself, and closed his eyes, and he ...more

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Call no man happy, said Shadow, until he is dead

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Shadow was a couple of a hundred yards away from his motel, and he walked there, breathing the cold air, past red and yellow and blue lights advertisi...more

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I don't know much more than I did when I was alive. Most of the stuff I know now that I didn't know then I can't put into words.

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It's not what I'd want for at my funeral. When I die, I just want them to plant me somewhere warm. And then when the pretty women walk over my grave I...more

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Will you go back?" asked the Lord of the Gallows. "To America?""Nothing to go back for," said Shadow, and as he said it he knew it was a lie."Things w...more

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Are you happy?” asked Mr. Nancy, suddenly. He had been staring at Shadow for several hours. Whenever Shadow glanced over to his right, Mr. Nancy was l...more

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Are you happy?” asked Mr. Nancy, suddenly. He had been staring at Shadow for several hours. Whenever Shadow glanced over to his right, Mr. Nancy was l...more

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Everybody going to be dead one day, just give them time.

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You lived what anybody gets, Bernie. You got a lifetime. No more. No less.