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It is far better, he insists, to suffer for doing what is right than to prosper while doing what is wrong. So too in the face of death: if his actions should lead to his execution, that is not his concern. He can only control his own
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“As Adversary, Satan’s job is to tempt humans away from the path of righteousness. But in order to be tempted from the path, they must be on it to begin with.”
― Beelzebub: A Memoir
― Beelzebub: A Memoir
“In life, he would occasionally darn socks, though his approach to the task was to stare at the hole-y garment, yell “Darn!” then toss the offending sock in the trash can.”
― The League of Unusual Denizens
― The League of Unusual Denizens
“Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” “God.” “God who?” “Your god.” There was a pause. “Oh. My god.” “That’s right.”
― Beelzebub: A Memoir
― Beelzebub: A Memoir
“Those who do not know themselves may be impelled by just those subconscious drivers you are describing, yet it is the goal of therapy to free the patient from this unconscious control. If we can’t change, what would be the point of therapy in the first place?”
― The Reluctant Demon
― The Reluctant Demon
“The death drive, which some people have called Thanatos, for branding reasons I think, is an urge we have to return to our earliest state, an inorganic state.”
― The Reluctant Demon
― The Reluctant Demon
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