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The Exorcist QUOTES

The Exorcist QUOTES

1 " 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. "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

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

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

3 " The child was slender as fleeting hope. "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

4 " 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. "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

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

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

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

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

7 " And there lies the heart of it, perhaps: in unworthiness. For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love: of accepting the possibility that God could ever love us. "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

8 " Yet I think the demon's target is not the possessed; it is us . . . the observers . . . every person in this house. And I think---I think the point is to make us despair; to reject our own humanity, Damien: to see ourselves as ultimately bestial; as ultimately vile and putrescent; without dignity; ugly; unworthy. "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

9 " 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? "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

10 " What looked like morning was the beginning of endless night "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

11 " 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. "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

12 " Do you know what she did? Your cunting daughter? "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

13 " From the cab stepped a tall old man. Black raincoat and hat and a battered valise. He paid the driver, then turned and stood motionless, staring at the house. The cab pulled away and rounded the corner of Thirty-sixty Street. Kinderman quickly pulled out to follow. As he turned the corner, he noticed that the tall old man hadn't moved but was standing under the streetlight glow, in mist, like a melancholy traveler frozen in time. "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

14 " The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us; but he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. His attack is psychological, Damien. And powerful. "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

15 " The demon's target is not the possessed; it is us the observers..everyone in this house. I think the point is to make us despair..to reject our humanity: to see ourselves as ultimately bestial, vile and putrescent; without dignity; ugly; unworthy. "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

16 " No, I tend to see possession most often in the little things, Damien: in the senseless, petty spites and misunderstandings; the cruel and cutting word that leaps unbidden to the tongue between friends. Between lovers. Between husbands and wives. Enough of these and we have no need of Satan to manage our wars; these we manage for ourselves. "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

17 " Keep away. The sow is mine. "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

18 " In forgetting, they were trying to remember "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

19 " Gliding spiderlike, rapidly, close behind Sharon, her body arched backward in a bow with her head almost touching her feet, was Regan, her tongue flicking quickly in and out of her mouth while she hissed sibilantly like a serpent. Sharon stopped then screamed as she felt Regan's tongue snaking out at her ankle. That day, everywhere Sharon went, Regan followed. "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist

20 " You don't blame us for being here, do you? After all, we have no place to go. No home... Incidentally, what an excellent day for an exorcism... "

― William Peter Blatty , The Exorcist