Good Omens

"When people want something badly enough, they'll believe almost anything."

"The presence of a miracle is usually followed by the absence of a simple explanation."

"Belief is a very powerful thing, which is why so few people actually do it properly."

"If there is a window and they can see out of it, humans will look out of it."

"The British are perfectly capable of destroying themselves without outside help."

"Plans are what you make when you're too afraid to admit what's really going to happen."

"Miracles are a lot like paperwork—you need the right signatures."

"The very first rule of magic is: never tell anyone you're using magic."

"Inefficiency is a supernatural weapon when used correctly."

"There is nothing more dangerous than a human with a sense of purpose."

"Angels are not as efficient as they like to think they are."

"The problem with saving the world is that afterwards you have to live in it."

"Children are hardwired to believe in stories. It's practically their only defense against reality."

"Good and evil are not like black and white; they're more like dark grey and light grey."

"The trouble with restraint is that you have to keep it restrained."

"Humans are very good at believing what they want to believe."

"The most merciful thing in the world is the inability to correlate all its contents."

"Books are a wonderful escape from reality, but sometimes reality needs a good escape from books."

"There are very few situations you can't get yourself out of if you're a demon."

"Prophecy is a funny thing. It only works if people believe in it."

"The terrible thing about really effective lies is that they also work on the person telling them."

"Heaven has a bookshop too, I suppose, though they probably call it something else."

"That's rather the point of being a demon—you wouldn't want everyone to know."

"A demon and an angel in casual proximity is usually the sign of something about to go seriously wrong."

"It is often better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness."

"You don't have to test the bounds of reality too hard. Reality is thinner than you think."

"Everything goes to Hell when you're not looking."

"The Them, as they called themselves, never questioned their own existence."

"There was no cataclysm, no demon hordes, no rivers of blood in the streets of a great city."

"It was not a dark and stormy night."