DEMON DAYS - Angel of Light Quotes

“After everything I've been through, the last thing I'm going to apologize for is my paranoia.”
― Richard Finney, DEMON DAYS - Angel of Light

“Sometimes the hardest journeys are the ones that begin with little hope. But we need to take them anyway.”
― Richard Finney, DEMON DAYS - Angel of Light

“I believe that on any trip to heaven, there are always detours
through hell.”
― Richard Finney, DEMON DAYS - Angel of Light

“A lizard brain fired the gun that wounded you, but it was the combination of three brains that orchestrated the elaborate circumstances in which the trigger was pulled. Way back when, the Landlord believed a second brain would endow some of his lower life forms with the capacity for emotional connections. By adding the third brain, he probably planned on having his... higher forms empowered with the ability to not only think before acting, but to feel regret afterwards when their actions were wrong. But that’s not what happened, is it?”
― Richard Finney, DEMON DAYS - Angel of Light

“Imagining you are going to die is all part of that third brain… the neo-cortex. That’s where the Landlord really screwed up.”
― Richard Finney, DEMON DAYS - Angel of Light

“Canis latrans,” Wolfenson finally remarked.
Fincher furrowed his brow. “Latin for... barking dog?”
“Yes, the coyote. They have a gift of making the howls of a few sound like the howls of the many.” He looked toward the roadblock of brick and mortar. “I believe that’s why the Landlord chose them as his messengers.”
― Richard Finney, DEMON DAYS - Angel of Light

“Oh, I apologize, Padre. I said ‘you will see.’ I forgot that you can’t, in fact, see. So I apologize, but only for the slip of the tongue. Because you and I both know your infliction is something for which the Landlord alone is responsible.”
― Richard Finney, DEMON DAYS - Angel of Light

“In all your years as a priest, I’m sure you’ve been asked this many times: ‘Why does he do this if he loves us? Why does he shake down our homes? Destroy our cities? Let our children starve?’ They ask these questions, not because they are confused... but because they suspect the truth. And you share their suspicions.”
― Richard Finney, DEMON DAYS - Angel of Light

“Every second I stand here in your temperature-controlled cell,” Jenna said, “I’m forced to suck down the same recycled air that’s going through your nostrils, and that thought absolutely nauseates me.”
― Richard Finney, DEMON DAYS - Angel of Light

“Oh God,” Jenna said, “will you shut up and kiss me before I change my mind?”
― Richard Finney, DEMON DAYS - Angel of Light

“When Carri died, I felt like I had lost everything, except my life, and my memories of her. Now I can’t even dream of her...”
― Richard Finney, DEMON DAYS - Angel of Light

“Carl, if your plan is to get us drunk so we’ll throw up the contents of the Black Pages, I urge you to give up that plan right now. And I also wouldn’t be betting the rent money that this document, your lame attempt at intimacy, or your embarrassing effort at looking profound will end up being game changers.”
― Richard Finney, DEMON DAYS - Angel of Light