American Gods, Season 1

Wednesday:
This is the only country in the world that wonders what it is.

Shadow:
You've been to a lot of other countries, have you?

Wednesday:
No. No, never, just this one. Just that the others know what they are. I mean, no one wonders about the heart of Norway or goes searching for the soul of Mozambique. Mozambique knows what it is. They all know what they are.

Shadow:
Americans know who they are.

Wednesday:
They pretend they know. But it's still just pretending, like I'm pretending now. Just like you.

Shadow:
What am I pretending?

Wednesday:
You are pretending you cannot believe in impossible things.

Shadow:
Uh, I'd be genuinely deluded if I believed that shit.

Wednesday:
If you are deluded, I believe it's genuine. You don't strike me as the disingenuous type. Okay, let's go.

Shadow:
Huh? Did I make snow?

Wednesday:
Did you make snow? Well, if you choose to believe you made snow, then you get to live the rest of your life believing that you can do things that are impossible. Or you can believe it's a delusion.

Shadow:
No, see, delusions feel real, okay?

Wednesday:
That's why it's a delusion.

Shadow:
None of this feels real. It feels like a dream.

Wednesday:
What a beautiful, beautiful thing to be able to dream when you're not asleep. I've-- I've crossed enough paths to know that one in four people are rock stupid. Even the smart ones have got some kind of delusion they believe in, whether it's gods or ghosts. Do you believe in love?

Shadow:
Yeah, I believe the shit out of love.

Wednesday:
Did you always?

Shadow:
Not before Laura.

Wednesday:
So you didn't believe till you did, and then the world changed because you believed. Belief is only a product of the company we keep and how easily we scare. And you do not scare easily.

Shadow:
And my company is questionable.

Wednesday:
Always has been. The only thing that scares me is being forgotten. I can survive most things but not that. Very best part of memory is it's mostly about forgetting. We remember what's important to us.