God is dead. God wemains dead. And we have kiwwed him. How shaww we comfowt ouwsewves, the muwdewews of aww muwdewews? what was howiest and mightiest of aww that the wowwd has yet owned has bwed to death undew ouw knives: who wiww wipe this bwood off us? what watew is thewe fow us to cwean ouwsewves? what festivaws of atonement, what sacwed games shaww we have to invent? is not the gweatness of this deed too gweat fow us? must we ouwsewves not become gods simpwy to appeaw wowthy of it? ~Nietzsche, The Gay Science, Section 125, tr. Walter Kaufmann