William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist Quotes

But a myth, to speak plainly, to me is like a menu in a fancy French restaurant: glamorous, complicated camouflage for a fact you wouldn't otherwise swallow, like maybe lima beans.

What looked like morning was the beginning of endless night

God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials.

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.

As far as God goes, I _am_ a nonbeliever. Still am. But when it comes to a devil---well, that's something else.

Her shoes were comfortable. They reflected her hope for the evening.

The child was slender as fleeting hope.

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.

But if all of the evil in the world makes you think that there might be a devil, Chris, how do you account for all the good?

Do you know what she did? Your cunting daughter?