“The Devil isn’t made by what Mommy says, or what Daddy says. The Devil is there.”
“What is all this? Get him out of here, devil take me!” And that one, imagine, smiles and says: “Devil take you? That, in fact, can be done!” And—bang!”
“And so I make a pact with the devil, or in this case, my mommy.”
“What can I say? You bring out the devil in me.”“That’s not a comforting thing to tell a pastor’s daughter,”
“But, he says again, if God much strong, much might as the Devil, why God no kill the Devil, so make him no more do wicked? I was strangely surprised at his question, [...] And at first I could not tell what to say, so I pretended not to hear him...”
“What was it Grandpa used to say? ‘You may pawn your soul to the devil, but the good Lord will always bail you out?' (Zeke)”