“Hell didn't make me a monster. It just confirmed all my worst fears about myself.”

“If you have always suspected your sister of an inclination to madness, it will be my pleasure to confirm your worst fears.”

“You become the monster you fear the worst, so the monster won't overtake you.”

“The whole crazy business seemed to pull out of my guts the very worst in me—my worst fears—the worst aspects of my character—my worst insecurities and feelings of shame and guilt. I didn't know it at the time, but that was exactly what was supposed to be happening. That's what Solomonic magick is all about. The worst in me was my problem. The worst in me was the demon. When it finally dawned on me that I had successfully evoked the demon, and I had the worst of me trapped in that magick Triangle, I had no alternative but to harness and redirect its monstrous power and give it new marching orders. From then on, that particular demon would be working for me rather than against me.”

“We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves.”

“Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.”