brief lives... or you can stop being anything...

"I know how gods begin, Roger. We start as dreams. Then we walk out of dreams into the land. We are worshipped and loved, and take power to ourselves. And then one day there's no one left to worship us. And in the end, each little god and goddess takes its last journey back into dreams, and what comes after, not even we know. I'm going to dance now, I'm afraid..."

-Ishtar, in "Brief Lives"

"I didn't know you could stop being a God..."
"You can stop being anything..."

-Delirium and Dream, in "Brief Lives"