“They say there's an ointment the Devil gives you that turns you into a wolf the minute you rub it on.”

“An old cardboard box: you think it but you don't say it.Leftovers, that are swept up and glued together.I am your alipte, I say, I am your personal trainer and masseuse. I oil you.But there's no ointment against the bad thoughts and phantasms.”

“The biggest black eye that you can give the devil is to give God your pain and let Him turn it into gain.”

“All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel.All of them?Sure, he says. Think about it. There's escaping from the wolves, fighting the wolves, capturing the wolves, taming the wolves. Being thrown to the wolves, or throwing others to the wolves so the wolves will eat them instead of you. Running with the wolf pack. Turning into a wolf. Best of all, turning into the head wolf. No other decent stories exist.”

“If you lose, there's the devil to pay.”

“I can't work in a house where there's saints. The minute there's saints, the devil sends messengers”