I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.
You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She never let people forget what she had done for them - and, that way she missed love.
Things go entirely differently from the way you planned them.
The truth often does sound unconvincing.
Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.
The supernatural is only the natural of which the laws are not yet understood.