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"It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to."

"Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil."

"It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it."

"Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat."
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"I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I've always felt that I wasn't a member of any particular group."

"As I looked down at him, as I saw his yellow hair pressed against my coat, I had a vision of him from long ago, that tall, stately gentleman in the swirling black cape, with his head thrown back, his rich, flawless voice singing the lilting air of the opera from which we'd only just come, his walking stick tapping the cobblestones in time with the music, his large, sparkling eye catching the young woman who stood by, enrapt, so that a smile spread over his face as the song died on his lips; and for one moment, that one moment when his eye met hers, all evil seemed obliterated in that flush of pleasure, that passion for merely being alive."

"Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely."

"Evil is anything that goes against life, harms life, stifles life, destroys life. Evil is bringing harm to another person, inflicting unnecessary pain, suffering, or confusion. All evil comes from this. This is the root of all evil."

"When he speaks into your ear so thatno one can hear, he will say he is your slave, that he's passed to you from Deirdre. But it's a lie, my dear,a vicious lie. He'll make you his and drive you mad if you refuse to do his will. That is what he's done tothem all.' She stopped, her wrinkled brows tightening, her eyes drifting off across the dusty surface of thetable. 'Except for those who were strong enough to rein him in and make him the slave he claimed to be,and use him for their own ends. ' Her voice trailed off. 'Their own endless wickedness."
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