Nick Roberts > Quotes

“I feel my ability to differentiate what is real from what is not tearing apart at the seams.”
― Nick Roberts, Dead End Tunnel

“The dog had his head twisted completely around with the edges of his mouth twisted up in a hideously demonic grin.”
― Nick Roberts, Mean Spirited

“I dug that well and opened Hell’s back door, and Gertie gave permission for the evil to come through.”
― Nick Roberts, The Exorcist's House

“she never acted too cool for school when it came to new Disney movies.”
― Nick Roberts, The Exorcist's House

“She preferred the season of the witch”
― Nick Roberts, The Exorcist's House: Resurrection

“He let out a shriek as he jumped back and pointed the light at whatever had just touched him. He saw it and immediately felt like a giant pussy.”
― Nick Roberts, The Exorcist's House

“If there are no atheists in foxholes, then there sure as shit aren’t any skeptics in a hellhole.”
― Nick Roberts, It Haunts the Mind, and Other Stories

“Even though he made his living talking and listening to people, Daniel was extremely introverted. Constant communication wore him out, but it paid well.”
― Nick Roberts, The Exorcist's House

“Every action has a reaction. Each reaction has another reaction. One event has the capacity to exponentially alter the world. Call it a chain reaction, a domino effect, a butterfly effect, etc. Throw the label on it that best enables your understanding, but in the end, it doesn’t matter. It’s all just chaos.”
― Nick Roberts, Dead End Tunnel

“We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight.” —H.P. Lovecraft”
― Nick Roberts, Mean Spirited

“Why? Is it too scary to believe that we are held accountable for our actions? A red guy with horns and a pitchfork and goofy goatee just too nutsy? Is he there to scare us into behavin’, right? Hell, if that’s the case then he’s no more than a glorified Santa Claus. Do you see what I mean? Is he so scary that we deny his existence or is he just too downright cartoonish to be anything other than a Christian boogeyman?”
― Nick Roberts, Genesis

“this world is full of bad, scary things…and…sometimes, you might not see…any light. That just means it’s your turn…to be the light.”
― Nick Roberts, Anathema

“What we are dealing with down there is pure evil. It exists only to cause chaos, disorder, and pandemonium in God’s creation. Lucifer is the father of lies. I’m not suggesting that the devil himself is in your basement, but his legions certainly are. They succeed in deception by combining the truth with lies. Whatever is down there . . . if it speaks, don’t listen. Whatever it says . . . don’t believe it. It will use your deepest fears and your darkest secrets against you. Anything that you think is tucked securely away in the recesses of your mind will be exposed. Keep your focus on the mission. I know it is easier said than done, but keep the faith and don’t get distracted. Are you religious by chance?”
― Nick Roberts, The Exorcist's House

“It haunts the mind, ya know. Once you’re infected, you can never escape, I’m sorry to say. You can’t outrun what’s already inside.”
― Nick Roberts, It Haunts the Mind, and Other Stories

“For He had already stripped you of your powers and laid waste your Kingdom, bound you prisoner and plundered your weapons. He has cast you forth into the outer darkness, where everlasting ruin awaits you and your abettors.”
― Nick Roberts, The Exorcist's House

“They were all the same to him, anyway. They all sang the same song, just danced a little differently to the tune.”
― Nick Roberts, Genesis

“I don’t like this Daisy shit one bit,”
― Nick Roberts, Anathema

“couldn’t”
― Nick Roberts, The Exorcist's House

“He was not a man of the cloth but a fervent believer in God nonetheless. Father Stollings always said that it was faith that gave one strength over the darkness, not a cassock.”
― Nick Roberts, The Exorcist's House

“Sometimes I think God was truly speaking through her in the moment; other times I don’t think God exists at all. And if he did, why would he put us through Hell?”
― Nick Roberts, Legacy

“He watched as his doppelganger lifted half of a broken liquor bottle, smiled, and plunged the glass into his throat.”
― Nick Roberts, Mean Spirited

“Don’t judge me. Some people pop a Valium in times of crisis. I step on a nail.”
― Nick Roberts, My Corpse Has a Heartbeat

“We don’t get ready. We stay ready.”
― Nick Roberts, The Exorcist's House

“Terror . . . that’s what it wants. That’s what it feeds on.”
― Nick Roberts, Genesis

“Matt nodded his head, knowing full well how each new generation of kids, especially since COVID, had gotten worse. Not worse. Worse is too simple a term for it. Don’t sugarcoat it. Each year, they’re more disrespectful and don’t give two shits about learning anything other than the latest social media trend or video games. They also endured a worldwide pandemic, experience the threat of gun violence on a daily basis, see the rising rates of teen suicide, and have to find a good enough reason not to resort to getting high to block it all out. The world experienced a collective existential crisis, and you’re expecting kids to keep chugging along like everything is hunky dory? Go fuck yourself.”
― Nick Roberts, Mean Spirited

“He hurried over to the bed and crouched down, reaching blindly underneath to grab it. When he felt its fur, he squeezed. The object in his hand wasn’t a squishy stuffed animal. It felt like he was gripping the top of a person’s head. He instantly recoiled and backed away.”
― Nick Roberts, Mean Spirited

“I’m telling you that something is happening in this house that we can’t comprehend because we keep forgetting what actually happened!”
― Nick Roberts, The Exorcist's House

“I’m going to say this as simply as possible so that even a retard like you can comprehend it, OK?”
― Nick Roberts, It Haunts the Mind, and Other Stories

“It will use your deepest fears and your darkest secrets against you. Anything that you think is tucked securely away in the recesses of your mind will be exposed.”
― Nick Roberts, The Exorcist's House

“He used to be a great guidance counselor, but when you hate yourself, it's kind of hard to care about others.”
― Nick Roberts, Dead End Tunnel