“Just because we protect the world, it doesn’t mean the world is always grateful.”

“The truth might set you free, but there’s nothing that says you have to be grateful.”

“We are in the dark places of the earth," said Madman. "Where all the ancient and most dangerous secrets are kept. There are Old Things down here, sleeping all around us, in the earth and in the living rock, and in the spaces between spaces. Keep your voices down. Some of these old creatures sleep but lightly, and even their dreams can have force and substance in our limited world. We have come among forgotten gods and sleeping devils, from the days before the world settled down and declared itself sane.”

“Angel: And what will you do with the world, once it is yours?'N. Hob: 'Punish it, for not loving me.”

“What is the world coming to, when you can't even trust a rogue vicar and her demon lover?”

“Never get attached to possessions…. They’re just things and you can always get more things.”

“I ignored him, concentrating on Lilith. "According to the stories, after you were expelled from Eden you went down into Hell, where you coupled with demons and gave birth to all the monsters that have plagued the world.""I was young," said Lilith. "You know how it is. We all do things we later regret, when we're being rebellious teenagers.”