"We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to whither; but we know that May is one day to have its revenge upon November, by the revolution of that solemn circle which never stops---which teaches u..."
- William Peter Blatty
"Her shoes were comfortable. They reflected her hope for the evening."
"The child was slender as fleeting hope."
"Perhaps evil is the crucible of goodness... and perhaps even Satan - Satan, in spite of himself - somehow serves to work out the will of God."
"God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials."
"As far as God goes, I _am_ a nonbeliever. Still am. But when it comes to a devil---well, that's something else."
"And there lies the heart of it, perhaps: in unworthiness. For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love: of accepting the possibility that God coul..."
"Earth is a homicide victim. We lose our children. There are wars. Disease. And God comes strolling by like a cosmic Billie Burke."
"We use concepts like "consciousness"---"mind"---"personality," but we don't really know yet what these things are.' He was shaking his head. 'Not really. Not at all."
"Yet I think the demon's target is not the possessed; it is us . . . the observers . . . every person in this house. And I think---I think the point is to make us despair; to reject our own humanity, D..."