Perfect Little Monsters and Other Stories Quotes

“I know I can't win, I know I can't stop him, but I still have to make my stand because... Because I have to believe, deep down, that in some way, when everything is totted up at the end in the great balance between good and evil, I have to believe that my effort will count for something. That evil things, wherever they are, need to know that they're opposed. And sometimes, maybe there'll be small victories that seem to come out of nowhere, little cracks of light in the darkness. Moments of hope.” He pauses again. “Besides, the alternative to fighting the evil is not fighting it, and I can't do that.”
― Amy Cross, Perfect Little Monsters and Other Stories

“This is the work of a creature far worse than Satan.” “What's that?” Don asks, while signaling to Mary for two whiskeys. “What kinda creature are you talkin' about?” “Mankind.”
― Amy Cross, Perfect Little Monsters and Other Stories