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1 " Take that absurd fool Elipas Levi who was supposed to be the Grand High Whatnot in Victorian times. Did you ever read his book, The Doctrine and Ritual of Magic? In his introduction he professes that he is going to tell you all about the game and that he’s written a really practical book, by the aid of which anybody who likes can raise the devil, and perform all sorts of monkey tricks. He drools on for hundreds of pages about fiery swords and tetragrams and the terrible aqua poffana, but does he tell you anything? Not a blessed thing. Once it comes to a showdown he hedges like the crook he was and tells you that such mysteries are far too terrible and dangerous to be entrusted to the profane. Mysterious balderdash my friend. I’m going to have a good strong nightcap and go to bed. "
― Dennis Wheatley , The Devil Rides Out (Black Magic, #1)
2 " The greatest crime of which the Roman Emperors were accused is that they had Christians thrown to the lions; but that does not exceed in horror what the Christians did to one another. "
― Dennis Wheatley , The Devil and All His Works (Black Magic, #11)
3 " ...age-old evil, tireless and vigilant, cloaked from the masses by modern skepticism, yet still a potent force stalking the dark ways of the night. "
4 " The gods are being kind to me in my old age. Most beautiful women are either good, stupid or vicious. And you are the marvellous exception. Lovely as a goddess, clever as an Athenian and a bad hat like myself, yet one who still has decent feelings. I’m going to kiss the lips off you once we land in France. "
― Dennis Wheatley , Contraband (Gregory Sallust, #1)
5 " The laws of man are made only to be broken, because they are stupid and unjust. "
― Dennis Wheatley , The Prisoner in the Mask (Duke de Richleau, #1)
6 " He settled in his beautiful Georgian house in Lymington surrounded by beautiful things. He knew how to live well, perhaps without regard for his health. He hated exercise, smoked, drank and wrote. Today he would have been bullied by wife and children and friends into giving up these habits and changing his lifestyle, but I’m not sure he would have given in. Maybe like me, he would simply find a quiet place. Dominic Wheatley, 2013 "
― Dennis Wheatley , The Forbidden Territory
7 " War, Plague, Famine and Death. We all know what happened the last time those four terrible entities were unleashed to cloud the brains of statesmen and rulers.’ ‘You’re referring to the Great War I take it.’ Rex said soberly. ‘Of course, and every adept knows that it started because one of the most terrible Satanists who ever lived found one of the secret gateways through which to release the four horsemen. "
― Dennis Wheatley , The Black Magic Series
8 " Are you sure of that? Baptism into the Christian Faith doesn’t ensure one going to Heaven, why should this other sprinkling be a guarantee of anyone going to Hell?’ ‘It’s such a big question, Rex, but briefly it is like this. Heaven and Hell are only symbolical of growth to Light or disintegration to Darkness. By Christian, or any other true religious baptism, we renounce the Devil and all his Works, thereby erecting a barrier which it is difficult for Evil forces to surmount, but anyone who accepts Satanic baptism does exactly the reverse. They wilfully destroy the barrier of Astral Light which is our natural protection and offer themselves as a medium through which the powers of Darkness may operate on mankind. "
9 " Half the people in our asylums may be suffering from a physical lesion of the brain but the others are unaccountably insane. The real reason is demoniac possession brought about by looking upon terrible things that they were never meant to see. "
10 " And as far as metals are concerned, they are all composed of sulphur and mercury and can be condensed or materialised by means of a salt. "
11 " We are all, as ever, the playthings of the Gods, and none of us can say what our tomorrows may bring; "
― Dennis Wheatley , Codeword - Golden Fleece (Duke de Richleau, #8)
12 " Why within limits? You apparently consider levitation impossible, but wouldn’t you have considered wireless impossible if you had been living fifty years ago and somebody had endeavoured to convince you of it? "
13 " part in this story. "
― Dennis Wheatley , The Island Where Time Stands Still (Gregory Sallust, #9)
14 " One could never hold happiness for very long, one had to snatch it whenever it came one’s way. "
― Dennis Wheatley , The Scarlet Impostor (Gregory Sallust, #2)
15 " Old soldiers never die, you know; they only fade away. "
― Dennis Wheatley , Faked Passports (Gregory Sallust, #3)
16 " It seems a thousand years since I’ve seen you but I’ve been dreaming of you ever since. Now I’ve found you again I absolutely refuse to let you go. "
17 " Interfering Englische schweine! For you very soon now it is curtains, and a death very painful. "
18 " of the invasion forces who were to be sealed into them and no longer allowed to communicate with the outside world once they had been briefed in the parts they were to play. "
― Dennis Wheatley , The Man Who Missed the War (Lost World, #3)
19 " One was a full-blooded Negro, the other mixed, with pale skin, thick lips and crinkly hair. "
20 " Speak now! A full account! Attempt to hide nothing, or I will send fire to consume your testicles. "
