“Patience Pays..Is true! But the greater truth is that it takes advance payment before it pays you in return!”

“the demon shrieked.“ You will pay for that! Ethan laughed. “ Whatever, dude. I live in a little town. That’s payment enough.”

“True "volunteering," then, obeys no law, seeks no returns, pays no debts, plans no praise for yourself, nor proves your goodness”

“In Heaven, there are no debts - all have been paid, one way or another - but in Hell there's nothing but debts, and a great deal of payment is exacted, though you can't ever get all paid up. You have to pay, and pay, and keep on paying. So Hell is like an infernal maxed-out credit card that multiplies the charges endlessly.”

“Why is patience so important?""Because it makes us pay attention.”

“As far as I was concerned, a little danger of head-shrinking is a small price to pay in return for a people who have remained true to an ancient code.”