Name of the Devil Quotes

“Dwelling on the sins of the past won't help us stop the evils of the present.”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“You’re a garbage woman with a badge,”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“Gentleness isn’t always a virtue.” He leaned on the counter, staring out the window into the dark. “The difference between a wolf and a sheep is that a sheep will stand by and watch a wolf devour its own lambs. If you threaten a wolf’s pup, it’ll rip your throat out. Wolves are foul, vicious creatures. But it’s better to be a wolf pup than a dead lamb. Now good night.”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“also know the supernatural explanation just isn’t rational. To accept that would be to give up on the very notion of intelligent query. I can’t fault someone who chooses to believe the dinosaurs lived alongside the Egyptians. But I can’t tell them with a straight face that they’re thinking like an adult. It’s a childish worldview to choose what to believe and what not to in the face of the evidence. Playing peekaboo with the facts doesn’t make them disappear.”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“Remember, only two creatures have wings in the Bible: birds and demons,” I point”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“Kabbalist,”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“We all have to face some kind of adversity.”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“The difference between a wolf and a sheep is that a sheep will stand by and watch a wolf devour its own lambs. If you threaten a wolf’s pup, it’ll rip your throat out. Wolves are foul, vicious creatures. But it’s better to be a wolf pup than a dead lamb. Now good night.”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“There are only two audible words on the entire tape from this man and you think he’s the pope?” He asks me this as if he’s a father questioning me, his teenage daughter, about the dent in the family car. Do men see these power relationships in the same way? Do other women? I put that question on the side burner.”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“It’s a childish worldview to choose what to believe and what not to in the face of the evidence. Playing peekaboo with the facts doesn’t make them disappear.”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“If I were to break a law, it would only be of the kind that are designed to inconvenience. Law, like God, is only real when people believe in it. When you know the truth—that it’s really just the good and bad we do to each other that really matters—you see things differently.”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“The difference between the good and the bad is the law.” “No, Jessica,” Damian replies sharply. “The difference is that the good look out for the innocent and protect them from the wicked.”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“Oh. Well, you’ve got options. Your looks aren’t going anywhere,” she replies, as she fiddles with her controls. “Thanks. I was hoping to find someone who loves me for my mind.” “Oh, that’s adorable. That’s not the way it works, darlin’. Men have to fall in love with you despite all that.”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“It has the look of a home where the wife takes care of everything inside, while the husband neglects everything outside.”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil

“Damian..."
"Yes?"
"Where are you?"
"Wherever you want me to be."
"I'll leave the door unlocked.”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil