Demon Quotes

786 quotes by 477 authors

What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face. — Jim Butcher
I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes… — Cassandra Clare
Love, they say, enslaves and passion is a demon and many have been lost for love. I know this is true, but I know too… — Jeanette Winterson
if i repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. what demon possessed me that i behaved so well? — Henry David Thoreau
Inside me is the same desperate hope I have watching the ravenous dead and thinking, Oh please, oh please, oh please. The craving inside of… — Chuck Palahniuk
Silence is the demon's trap, and the more one is silenced, the more terrible the demon; but silence is also the divinity's mutual understanding with… — Soren Kierkegaard
The mad sometimes drilled holes in their own heads to let the demons out. To relieve the pressure of thoughts they could no longer bear.… — Joe Hill
But first, on earth as vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent, Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood… — Lord Byron
I had to wonder if men were so blinded by beauty that they would feel privileged to live their lives with an actual demon, so… — Arthur Golden
She glared at me like she was about to punch me, but then she did something that surprised me even more. She kissed me. "Be… — Rick Riordan
It wouldn't be my move," Jace agreed. "First the candy and flowers, then the apology letters, then the ravenous demon hordes. In that order. — Cassandra Clare
Iâ€™ll keep it short and sweet - Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. — Matt Groening
An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why. — William Faulkner
Occasionally, there arises a writing situation where you see an alternative to what you are doing, a mad, wild gamble of a way for handling… — Roger Zelazny
I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but the young writer that is as I say demon-driven and… — William Faulkner
You are an educated man. You know there are no such things as demons." Bast smiled a terrible smile. "There is only my kind." Bast… — Patrick Rothfuss
It may be a childish torment, but we do not get to choose our demons. — Andrew Sean Greer
He who has rejected his demons badgers us to death with his angels — Henri Michaux
I am alone on this road strewn with bones and bordered by ruins! Angels have their brothers, and demons have their infernal companions. Yet I… — Gustave Flaubert

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