Focusing on the concepts of grief, love, and time, the book examines the idea that we create our own gods, our own demons, and spend our lives in prayer to them—often hoping that they might spare us our suffering.
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Quotes tagged ‘Demons’
The people I looked up to put their demons out there. They provided a path for me to walk on.
Are you sure you want to party with the demons?
Crowley: Something's changed. Aziraphale: Oh, it's new cologne. My barber suggested it. Crowley: Not you. I know what you smell like. The Hell Hound has found its master. Aziraphale: Are you sure? Crowley: I felt it. Would I lie to you? Aziraphale: Well, obviously. You're a demon. That's what you do…
Get thee behind me, demon. [He opens the door and motions to Crowley] After you.
Demons aren't gonna ring the doorbell!
— Michael Nankin, Terrence "Terry" Chandler, Louis Tripp, imdb.com
Demon: I'm not Regan. Father Karras: Well, then let's introduce ourselves. I'm Damien Karras. Demon: And I'm the Devil. Now kindly undo these straps. Father Karras: If you're the Devil, why not make the straps disappear? Demon: That's much too vulgar a display of power, Karras.
— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, imdb.com
Demon: You killed your mother! You left her alone to die! Bastard! Father Karras: Shut up!
— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, imdb.com
The Power of Christ compels you!
— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, imdb.com
There are no experts. You probably know as much about possession than most priests. Look, your daughter doesn't say she's a demon. She says she's the devil himself. And if you've seen as many psychotics as I have, you'd know it's like saying you're Napoleon Bonaparte.
— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, imdb.com
Father Karras: Why her? Why this girl? Father Merrin: I think the point is to make us despair. To see ourselves as... animal and ugly. To make us reject the possibility that God could love us.
— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, imdb.com
Father Karras: Where is Regan? Demon: In here. With us.
— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, imdb.com
Demon: What an excellent day for an exorcism. Father Karras: You would like that? Demon: Intensely. Father Karras: But wouldn't that drive you out of Regan? Demon: It would bring us together. Father Karras: You and Regan? Demon: You and us.
— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, imdb.com
[discussing demons] Basically, they're these malevolent evil spirits that only exist to cause pain and commit evil for their own amusement. It's pretty creepy—I mean, they stalk people for years, like decades, and sometimes they're really intelligent in the way they do things to freak you out.
Don't you just take the past and put it in a room in a basement and lock the door and never go in there? That's what I do. And then you meet someone special and all you want to do is to toss them the key and say, 'Open up, step inside,' but you can't because it's dark. There's demons, and if anybody…
[last lines] And so, as Christmas morning began, my journey was at its end. You start with something pure. Something exciting. Then come the mistakes, the compromises. We create our own demons. As promised, I got Pepper sorted out. Took a little tinkering. But then I thought 'why stop there?' Of cou…
— Shane Black, Drew Pearce, Tony Stark, Robert Downey Jr., imdb.com
A famous man once said, 'We create our own demons.' Who said that? What does that even mean? Didn't matter. I said it 'cause he said it. So now, he was famous and it was basically said by two well-known guys. I don't... uhh... I'm gonna start again. Let's track this from the beginning.
— Shane Black, Drew Pearce, Tony Stark, Robert Downey Jr., imdb.com
Doc Cochran: You must drink this. Alma Ellsworth: I will not awaken that demon, Doctor. Doc Cochran: This has nothing to do with demons, Mrs. Ellsworth. This has to do with allaying the pain to get you through. Leave the demons to God and trust the pain to me.
Piper: You know, it's like sports. You can't lose your starting job due to injury. Paige: Vanquishing demons is not a sport, Piper. Piper: It is if you're good at it.
— Andrea Stevens, Doug E. Jones, Piper Halliwell, Holly Marie Combs, imdb.com
[after blowing up a demon] What an idiot. Doesn't every demon KNOW by now whose house this is?
— Alison Schapker, Monica Breen, Piper Halliwell, Holly Marie Combs, imdb.com