10 quotes
Don’t try weaseling through too many loopholes or one of them could turn into a noose.
Demon Blues (1989)
A high-handed air of command was one of the first symptoms of increasing power-hunger.
Demon Blues (1989)
Yesterday’s sin is today’s trendy must-do.
Demon Blues (1989)
Adulthood is not just gauged by years survived. An adult is able to act independently, to resist manipulation, to make his own decisions. And to take the consequences.
Demon Blues (1989)
“Satanism? In Whitman?”
“Mmm-hmm.” She threaded her arm through his. “You can find Satanism in everything if you’ve got the right sort of mind and you look hard enough.”
Demon Blues (1989)
“I’m not a Freudian.” Dr. Fitzgerald pronounced the word as if it were axe-murderer.
Demon Blues (1989)
Like many a freshman with dangerous leanings toward the Humanities, Noel circled the topic of choosing a major cautiously, occasionally poking it with a stick to see which way it lunged and which way he should jump to avoid it.
Demon Blues (1989)
He did not know the proper name by which to call preshrunk designer jeans, yet if left to his own lexical devices, he would name them Paradise. Like many another man of faith, he yearned for entry thereto.
Demon Blues (1989)
“You don’t have to go by anyone’s rules but your own. Everything about you is special. The only trouble is, no one but you ever seems to see it that way.”
“I don’t think I like your attitude.”
“I don’t think I care.”
Demon Blues (1989)
“This—this guy is dead now, right?”
Marguerite shrugged. “Death is such a fragile thing. Who knows? I’ve heard rumors, but you can’t depend on anything these days. The greatest wizards of antiquity turn up with less warning than Hamptons houseguests.”
Demon Blues (1989)