Andy Monk > Quotes

“We are all lunatics... ‘tis only the manner of our asylum that differs.”
― Andy Monk, A Bad Man's Song

“There are no monsters in the world, only men and other beasts...”
― Andy Monk, The King of the Winter

“It is not the love a man of God should feel. It is a dark, bleak, consuming love. It is a cold fire that withers me from within. A love based on lust and hunger, a love born of base instinct and animal craving. It is Mephistopheles’ love.”
― Andy Monk, Ghosts in the Blood

“People wish to believe that the evil we do is due to some terrible being that takes control of us and makes us do his bidding. In reality, that monster is us and we do such terrible deeds because we choose to, because we allow our monster to rule us rather than keeping it chained in the dark where it belongs.”
― Andy Monk, The Love of Monsters