Now, while Lakeside is know for its fishing, it's the to-die-for pasties that put us on the map. Every delicious bite is like a warm hug. But you know what really makes this place special? The people! Everyone here genuinely cares for their neighbor. It's in everything they do. This spirit was passed down to us by the town's first citizen and benefactor, Lester Hamilton. And when he died, he left Lakeside his fortune so that its citizens would propser. All he asked in return was that we held onto some of his old world traditions. So every year, we hold an ice festival to celebrate his generosity and give thanks for our magical little town and its nordic heritage. I think you're gonna like it here.

Ann-Marie

Ann-Marie: What a beautiful klunker.
Shadow: Klunker?
Ann-Marie: Every year, we take a wreck, we put it out on the lake, and then folks guess the date and the time when it will break through the ice come spring. And then the winner splits the pot with the high school. It's really fun! You're gonna love it.

If he truly does not love me, then I need to hear it from his face.

Salim

These new gods who killed our beloved Zorya, if they want a war, then bring me war.

Czernobog

Wednesday: I've got nothing to do with this fuckin' background check they're running on you.
Shadow: Oh, yet you seem to know all about it?

Shadow: Mother fucker.
Wednesday: As charged! Like the new look. Less severe.

Wow. People are going to be so pissed when they find out the messiah that everybody's been waiting for is you.

Shadow

Wednesday: We're going to play a game of 20 questions, and they're all yours. Fire away.
Shadow: You really my dad?
Wednesday: Oh, is that still a point of speculation considering our shared traits? Charisma, strong jawline, way with the ladies.

Wednesday: Right on time!
Cordelia: Actually, I'm two hours late.
Wednesday: Well, the universe is always on schedule. Besides, punctuality? Virtue of the bored.

Tech Boy: I want you to join our coalition against Wednesday and his irrelevant, medieval friends.
Bilquis: No.
Tech Boy: When you were on the skids, did the Allfather even so much as offer to lend you a caribou pelt to keep you warm at night?

Shadow: So these new gods. Are they even gods?
Wednesday: If they are, so is indoor plumbing. But they're dangerous, and they wield a lot of power.

Shadow: Is there much demand for videos these days?
Ann-Marie: Well, there is when you have spotty internet. And don't get me started on the cell service, not that I'm complaining. The extra income helps keep body and soul together, or something like that.

American Gods Quotes

It's like one of those good/news bad news jokes, isn't it? The good news is, we'are lettin' you out early. The bad news is your wife's dead.

Guard

Shadow, we're going to be releasin' you later this afternoon. You'll be gettin' out a coupla days early. There's no good way to say this, so I'll put it plain. This came in from Johnson City Hospital from Eagle point. Your wife, she died in the early hours of this morning. It was ah, an automobile accident.

Warden