“Son, the greatest trick the Devil pulled was convincing the world there was only one of him.”

“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.”

“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he wasn't Saul Alinsky.”

“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son [Stalin], so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.”

“As long as I know there exists in the world someone who does tricks only for the love of the trick, as long as I know there is a woman who loves reading for reading's sake, I can convince myself that the world continues...And every evening I, too, abandon myself to reading, like that distant unknown woman...”

“Time continued to pass - the oldest trick in the world, and maybe the only one that really is magic.”