"The gods?" Eudokia gave a mocking little laugh. "Listen close, child, I will tell you of the gods, of the single commandment they have written clear across all creation. Are you ready? The strong devour the weak. It is the way of all living things, of every creature that flies, walks, crawls, slithers or swims. The weed strangles the flower, the ant eats the cricket, the wolf the stag. And we? We humans? We eat everything."

— Those Below by Daniel Polansky (Page 520)