“Sometimes there is absolutely no difference at all between salvation and damnation.”

“He knew as well as we in our own world do that the road to hell is paved with good intentions--but he also knew that, for human beings, good intentions are sometimes all there are. Angels may be safe from damnation, but human beings are less fortunate things, and for them hell is always close.”

“If there's to be damnation, she had said, let it be of my choosing, not theirs. He knew a little about damnation himself… and he had an idea that the lessons, far from being done, were just beginning.”

“It'll be your damnation, boy. You'll wear out a hundred pairs of boots on your way to hell.”

“Angels may be safe from damnation, but human beings are less fortunate things, and for them hell is always close”

“There can be a big difference between what you think is great and what you actually like.”

“Sometimes you have to be a high-riding bitch to survive. Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman has to hold onto.”