“ Earth is a homicide victim. We lose our children. There are wars. Disease. And God comes strolling by like a cosmic Billie Burke. William Peter Blatty
“ And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its existence. William Peter Blatty
“ 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 corne… William Peter Blatty
“ God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials. William Peter Blatty
“ 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
“ 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
“ 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, D… William Peter Blatty
“ 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. William Peter Blatty
“ 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 coul… William Peter Blatty
“ 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
“ 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
“ 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 u… William Peter Blatty
