Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the time until his release ticks away, he can feel a storm brewing. Flying home, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever he the same... Original title of the book is American Gods.
Sometimes, when you finish a book you want to talk with someone about the book, share your thoughts on it. Sometimes, you don't know what to say about the book, even if you liked it. So here are just some quotes.
“Even nothing cannot last forever.”
“There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.”
“People believe, thought Shadow. It's what people do. They believe, and then they do not take responsibility for their beliefs; they conjure things, and do not trust the conjuration. People populate the darkness; with ghosts, with gods, with electrons, with tales. People imagine, and people believe; and it is that rock solid belief, that makes things happen.”
“I miss you', he admitted. 'I'm here', she said. 'That's when I miss you most. When you're here. When you aren't here, when you're just a ghost of the past or a dream from another life, it's easier then.”
“Religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all: God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a house of many rooms, a watchmaker who left his prize chronometer in the desert, someone who loves you—even, perhaps, against all evidence, a celestial being whose only interest is to make sure your football team, army, business, or marriage thrives, prospers, and triumphs over all opposition. Religions are places to stand and look and act, vantage points from which to view the world. So none of this is happening. Such things could not occur. Never a word of it is literally true.”
“Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.”
The nail polish is from Essence, a really old one, as you can see from the bottle. The application wasn't the easiest, because of the thinner brush, but it was manageable. Two coats were enough for full opacity. I couldn't capture the colour of it, in reality is more violet than blue. It's a mix between grey and pastel violet, a dusty violet? The name of the polish is Found My Love.
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