Because," she said, "that is what men would call it. They invented Satan, didn't they? Satanic is merely the name they give to the behavior of those who would disrupt the orderly way in which men want to live.

Cities have distinct personalities. It's a matter of knowing it.

I like mainly to be invisible, to sort of drift around unseen in the world.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds.

I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek.

I'm Gentleman Death in silk and lace, come to put out the candles. The canker in the heart of the rose.