# Quote — Tanith Lee, Volkhavaar

> Kernik had stumbled on an immutable truth, a truth older than the world. Priests claimed the gods made men, but this was not so. Men made the gods. Firstly, by forming them in clay, by chipping them from stone. Secondly, and more importantly, by believing in them, believing in them utterly.

- Author: [Tanith Lee](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee.md)
- Book: [Volkhavaar](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/volkhavaar.md)
- Page: 52
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/volkhavaar/kernik-had-stumbled

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> When a road is very dark it is hard to see the milestones on it.

p. 78 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/volkhavaar/when-a-road.md)

> Tonight it was to be a play for aristocrats to watch, concerning gods and shepherds; it was the humble villages that clamored for princesses and emperors.

p. 84 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/volkhavaar/tonight-it-was.md)

> They say the promise of a witch is like a plain woman, seldom remembered.

p. 100 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/volkhavaar/they-say-the.md)