Quotes from Mike Carey

All in all, I was feeling the smug satisfaction of a job well begun and therefore half done.

Do you remember the first lad or lass you loved? When you felt your chest was too narrow to hold your heart? When it seemed the world was made anew by your passion? And do you remember the fear that comes with love? The fear that it cannot last? The fear that you cannot be worthy of it? Truly we were not. none of us. But did it not come anyway? How we have poured our souls into another's lips and eyes. How we have died and been born again in the ebb and flow of their breath.

There are no special places in hell. Hell is a democracy.

Our words create us, from one moment to the next. When you lie, it's that act of self-creation that's sabotaged and corrupted. Lucifer, Book 3, preface

Yang paling suci dihormati karen kebajikannya yang besar.

pitching deck of an icebreaker.

But you can't save people from the world. There's nowhere else to take them

The stairwell smelled of piss and stale beer—two stages in a conjugation that usually ends with "dead-drunk guy facedown in his own vomit.

Nothing matters more than the stories we tell ourselves to explain the world.

Frank meditates?" She grinned. "How'd you think he got that laid-back? We've got the only Zen security guard in London. Only he's really a butterfly dreaming he's a security guard.

Suburban transcendence for the Ikea age.

It was a beautiful day. About time. Way past time. But if the sunlight knew what the fuck it was shining on, would it bother to make the trip?

The only consolation was that - to the religious mind - adversity is good for the soul.

I'd rip her heart and lungs and lights out if she so much as—

Kapanpun seseorang berfikir segalanya bisa jauh lebih buruk, tampaknya Sang Pencipta melihatnya sebagai sebuah tantangan pribadi.

Zuaika hebat, tapi ia tak sehebat itu. Tak seorangpun sehebat itu.

The time of human domination on Earth is barely a drop in the ocean of geological time, and it takes a lot to make a ripple in that ocean.

Far as I can see, we mostly exist as *ideas* in each other's heads. The way *you* see me. The way my *boss* sees me. The way the *waitress* at Lindy's sees me. Skins on an *onion*, right? Except that's all there is to us. The *skins*.

When you're a mile outside the limits of your competence, there is some comfort to be had in sounding like you know what you're doing.

Steven lets go of his humanity with much more relief than fear. It was an awkward burden to carry at the best of times.

Sang malaikat maut adalah juga sang pengampun.

Dan dengan seorang laki-laki yang sekedar seorang penjahat, jika kau cepat, kau selalu bisa menghindari yang terburuk darinya. Ini cara pintar yang ingin kau lihat. Mereka punya cara-cara lebih buruk untuk menyakitimu, dan kau tidak selalu melihat mereka datang - Ehara

Orang-orang yang berbeda mengancammu dengan cara yang berbeda, tampaknya, dan kau perlu mempunyai sebuah jawaban yang cocok untuk mereka semua - Zulaika

The doorbell made a severe, functional buzzing sound like a dentist's drill sliding off recalcitrant enamel.