I see God now as an unimaginative writer of popular fictions, someone who builds stories around sadistic and graceless plots, narratives that exist only to express His terror of a woman's power to choose who and how to love, to redefine love as she sees fit, not as God thinks it ought to be. The author is unworthy of His own characters. Joe Hill
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This quote from the novel "The God of Small Things" is a reflection on the power of religion. In this quote, Arundhati Roy critiques the character of God in her novel by comparing him to a writer of popular fiction. The author is unworthy of his own characters because he is too terrified to allow them to have a future that they choose for themselves. He is also fearful of a woman's power to define love as she sees fit which is a frightening idea if you believe that love should only be defined by God.

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