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Like the brief doomed flare of exploding suns that registers dimly on blind men’s eyes, the beginning of the horror passed almost unnoticed;
Cheeezus peezus,
April 26.
her daughter’s head turning slowly and inexorably completely around on a motionless torso until at last Chris was looking directly into the foxlike, angry eyes of Burke Dennings. “Do you know what she did, your cunting daughter?” Chris screamed until she fainted.
“No. This really isn’t holy water. It’s just ordinary tap water.” “So? So what’s the difference, Father?” “Holy water’s blessed.” “Oh, well, I’m happy for it, Father! I really am!”
No, I tend to see possession most often in the little things, Damien: in the senseless, petty spites and misunderstandings; the cruel and cutting word that leaps unbidden to the tongue between friends. Between lovers. Between husbands and wives. Enough of these and we have no need of Satan to manage our wars; these we manage for ourselves … for ourselves.”
Hearing the words of the demon, Karras looked up and began visibly trembling with an uncontrollable, murderous fury.
In forgetting, they were trying to remember.