Good Omens

Book · 5 characters · 513 quotes · 1990

Quotes from Good Omens

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"Heaven is not the place of justice. Hell is not the place of punishment. Earth is the place where things happen."
The Narrator Wisdom
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"The best plans are the ones that no one expects."
Crowley
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"If God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh, demons spend all eight working."
The Narrator Work
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"Aziraphale loved humanity. Which was lucky, because he had to share the planet with them."
The Narrator Love
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"The nice thing about being a demon is that you're expected to be bad at things."
Crowley Humor
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"A prophecy is like a promise. Except no one has to keep it."
The Narrator Truth
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"War is Hell. Which is why Hell likes it so much."
The Narrator Philosophy
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"The Apocalypse would be a terrible thing. Thank God it's averted."
Aziraphale Hope
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"You can't trust either Heaven or Hell. They both want the same thing: your soul."
The Narrator
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"Angels are very good at saving people. Demons are very good at tempting them. Humans are very good at disappointing everyone."
The Narrator Wisdom
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"The problem with being a demon is that you have to work with demons."
Crowley Work
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"Humans are very adaptable creatures. They can get used to anything."
The Narrator
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"The bookshop was heaven. Which was ironic, considering who ran it."
The Narrator Humor
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"Even demons deserve a good bookshop."
Crowley Friendship
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"A demon's greatest weakness is his own nature."
The Narrator Strength
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"Heaven is what you want. Hell is what you get."
The Narrator Wisdom
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"The world didn't need an Apocalypse. It was doing fine destroying itself."
Crowley Philosophy
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"Crowley had been a demon for thousands of years, and had never gotten used to the modern world."
The Narrator Change
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"An angel could drive a BMW and not be sinful, because it was a way of achieving a practical aim efficiently."
The Narrator Humor
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"If you have to ask if something is evil, it probably is."
The Narrator
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"There's no such thing as a good war. War is a bad thing. This is a good war, though."
The Narrator War
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"Good Omens was not written as a prophecy. It was written to describe a very long con."
The Narrator Wisdom
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"The thing about demons is that they're not very good at being bad."
The Narrator Humor
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"Aziraphale had always been slightly uncomfortable with holy water."
The Narrator Humor
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"He was a demon who had never been entirely comfortable with his job."
The Narrator
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"It is often better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness, but it's against the rules."
The Narrator Wisdom
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"An Arrangement was made. It was the sort of arrangement that would never be written down, because it was impossible."
The Narrator Friendship
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"The nice thing about working for a demon is that you get to spend a lot of time managing expectations."
The Narrator Work
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"You can't trust demons. They're not reliable. I should know."
Aziraphale Friendship
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"I'm not a demon. I'm a fallen angel. There's a difference."
Crowley