A man so painfully in love is capable of self-torture beyond belief.

My wants are simple. I have no desire to latch onto a monster symbol of fate and power and prove my manhood in titanic piscine war. But sometimes I do like a couple of cooperative fish of frying size.

The sale of souls to gain the whole world is completely voluntary and almost unanimous...but not quite.

Yes, you will. And I will warn you now that not their blood but your suspicion might build evil in them. They will be what you expect of them…I think when a man finds good or bad in his children he is seeing only what he planted in them after they cleared the womb." "You can’t make a race horse of a pig." "No," said Samuel, "but you can make a very fast pig.

But Doc had one mental habit he could not get over. When anyone asked a question, Doc thought he wanted to know the answer.

..it's awful not to be loved. It's the worst thing in the world...It makes you mean, and violent, and cruel.

“Do you take pride in your hurt?” Samuel asked. “Does it make you seem large and tragic?” “I don't know.” “Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.”