devil

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

We may not pay Satan reverence for that would be indiscreet but we can at least respect his talents.

Hell is truth seen too late.

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

Heaven for climate hell for company.

The devil gets up to the belfry by the vicar's skirts.

The devil's name is Dullness.

The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope soft underfoot without sudden turnings without milestones without signposts.

Hell is indefinite.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

The Devil's boots don't creak.

I have found, in short, from reading my own writing, that my subject in fiction is the action of grace in territory largely held by the devil.I have also found that what I write is read by an audience which puts little stock either in grace or the devil. You discover your audience at the same time and in the same way that you discover your subject, but it is an added blow.

Get thee behind me Satan.

Here is the devil-and-all to pay.

How art thou fallen from heaven O Lucifer son of the morning!

He will give the devil his due.

The devil was sick the devil a monk would be The devil was well the devil a monk was he.

The prince of darkness is a gentleman.