I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a fiction. The Christian god may exist; so may the gods of Olympus, or of ancient Egypt, or of Babylon. But no one of these hypotheses is more probable than any other: they lie outside the region of even probable knowledge, and therefore there is no reason to consider any of them.

~ Bertrand Russell

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Olympus is still a patriarchy. Zeus heads his royal household as jealously as Jehovah rules his harem of dull, harp-playing angels. Both are templates for order on earth, don’t you think?

~ Cliff James

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Rubbing noses with me, she laughed, and I swear the Elysian night sang with the sound of it.

~ Jovee Winters

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It was no wonder they thought us to be immortal––our nightly celebrations put Olympus to shame.

~ Katlyn Charlesworth

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The pinecone is a fearsome tool of destruction!-Bacchus

~ Rick Riordan

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Hazel squinted. How far?Just over the river and through the woods.Percy raised an eyebrow. Seriously? To Grandmother's house we go?Frank cleared his throat. Yeah, anyway.

~ Rick Riordan

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