“ People who believe in buried gods,’ said Louis.‘Do you believe in buried gods, Detective Walsh?’‘I’m Episcopalian. I believe in everything. John Connolly
“ My feelings for Raphael are mine, and mine alone. I loved him, and that is all anyone needs to know. The rest is no business of any man's. John Connolly
“ Wickedness never rests easily so, in a way, one might almost feel pity for the wicked, for they are destined to live their lives in fear, in a prison of the heart. John Connolly
“ After all this time, he had hope, and then hope was gone, and he hates himself for giving in to hope. He, who exists only to kill the hopes of others, could not destroy the hope within himself. John Connolly
“ Evil, unlike good, is constantly at war with those most like itself, and ambition is its spur. John Connolly
“ If there is anything worse than evil, it is nothingness. At least evil has a form, and a voice, and a purpose, however depraved. Perhaps some good can even come out of evil: a terrible deed of violenc… John Connolly
“ It has always seemed to me that there are two types of people in this world: those rendered impotent by the sheer weight of evil it contains, and who refuse to act because they see no point, and those… John Connolly
“ You cannot perform acts of evil in the name of a greater good, because the good suffers. It is corrupted by what has been done in its name. John Connolly
“ No matter how hard Evil tries, it can never quite match up to the power of Good, because Evil is ultimately self-destructive. Evil may set out to corrupt others, but in the process corrupts itself. John Connolly
“ Samuel understood at last why this being hated men and women so much: he hated them because they were so like himself, because the worst of the was mirrored in them. He was the source of all that was… John Connolly
“ David could tell, by looking at her face as she read, whether or not the story contained in the book was living inside her, and she in it, and he would recall again all that she had told him about sto… John Connolly
“ Regrets, Blacksmith, make poor currency. You can't but back with them what you most desire. John Connolly
“ Because to ignore what had happened in the recent and distant pasts, to turn away and look elsewhere because it was easier to do so, was to be an accomplice to the crimes that were committed. To refus… John Connolly
“ The nature of humanity, its essence, is to feel another's pain as one's own, and to act to take that pain away,. There is a nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness. John Connolly
“ The nature of compassion isn't coming to terms with your own suffering and applying it to others: It's knowing that other folks around you suffer and, no matter what happens to you, no matter how luck… John Connolly
“ Being shot at for years by men of a particular nationality will tend to impact negatively upon one’s view of them. John Connolly
“ It didn't help when he told David that his mother would always be with him, even if he couldn't see her. An unseen mother couldn't go for long walks with you on summer evenings, drawing the names of t… John Connolly
“ After all, no relationship could function or survive under the burden of total honesty. John Connolly
