William Peter Blatty Quotes

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 us in our height of hope, ever to be sober, and in our depth of desolation, never to despair.

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The child was slender as fleeting hope.

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

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Earth is a homicide victim. We lose our children. There are wars. Disease. And God comes strolling by like a cosmic Billie Burke.

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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.

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

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

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For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love.

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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.

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