The Diviners Quotes
"Every morning, every evening, ain't we got fun?"
"I see spirits of the dead. For this they hath branded me a witch."
"Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city."
"And upon her forehead was written a name of mystery."
"I’m sure you must be eager to call your family," Mr. Hobbes said in answer. "No doubt they’ll be worried?"
"I don’t wanna wake ’em," she said, and Mr. Hobbes smiled.
"Here we are. Your chariot awaits," he said, and Ruta saw a broken-down wagon, the old-fashioned kind, drawn by an old nag.
"My dear, your eyes play tricks on you. Look again," Mr. Hobbes whispered low.
"Alas, a poor unfortunate cat was lost in the walls. His aroma, I’m afraid, lingers," Mr. Hobbes said.
"I-I think I oughta ring my folks after all. They’ll be pretty sore if I don’t."
"‘And upon her forehead was a name written in Mystery: Babylon the Great, the Harlot…’"
"‘I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.’"
"The city’s bustle cannot destroy the dreams of a girl and boy. I’ll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy."
"You’re the berries, my bowl of cream, a dream come true, dear…"
"We are the Diviners. We have been and we will be."
"Live a little? Live a little! If you only knew…"
"Life don’t come to you, Memphis. You gotta take it."
"She wears her grief like a coat of feathers too heavy for flight."
"We’re both bigger than this lousy show, Hen."
"America is a young country comprising all sorts of people."
"My stomach doesn’t approve of our wanton ways, either."
"From time to time, the museum has to be… clever in ferreting out objects, stories, and people before anyone else gets there."
"We might need our knuckles for what we’re doin’ tonight."
"It’s not uncommon for children to sleepwalk or talk in their sleep when they’re frightened by something during the day."
"But that was the past, and she was concerned with the future."
"We believe in one hundred percent Americanism."
"Your uncle was my student at Yale before he started working for the government."
"It gave rise to new religions such as the Church of Latter-Day Saints, the Church of Christ, and the Seventh-Day Adventists."
"A belief that they are right and just in their actions."
"The line between faith and fanaticism is a constantly shifting one."
"We're not a country with a past, Jericho. We're a country of the future."
"Love’s messy, kiddo. Let those other girls get moony-eyed and goofy."
"The orchestra launched into the jazzy, uptempo dance tune. With a loud whoop, the young and beautiful chorines strutted their way across the stage."
"It was sexual and dangerous and thrilling, and Evie wanted more of it."
"Theta sat at the table, alone, behind an inscrutable cloud of cigarette smoke, watching."
"Memphis had finished his rounds for the night."
"One dance," Evie said and dragged him toward the gyrating crowd."
"Mabel had gone to the restroom and returned to an empty table."
"Theta walked the corridors of the club, dragging her fur wrap behind her."
"Evie walked the streets of the city until she was too tired to continue."
"That’s it," Mabel said, getting up. "No. That is not right."
"Do you mind?" the man called. "A little. But I’ll be just fine," Memphis shot back.
"The walls began to whisper, he lost his footing on the precipice of reason and began the terrible fall into a hell beyond imagining."
"Memphis gripped his arms. Should he run for Octavia? The doctor? He didn’t know."
"Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?"
"You’re so selfish sometimes, Evie! It’s all a game to you—and you want to rig it in your favor all the time, and damn what anybody else wants."
"Just keep your peepers on that dive, and don’t you dare breeze."
"I thought research would be more glamorous, somehow."
"If you were any good, I wouldn’t be able to upstage you, Don."
"And then I took his head, which I keep under my bed."
"You will not sell any more ‘charms.’ And stick to the facts. Do I make myself clear?"
"Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile."
"Beautiful as ever," I replied, and though it was unseemly, I could not stop the flow of my tears.
"Too brief was their sojourn on this plane, and I hope to try again as soon as possible."
"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters."
"I see you," he said, and his voice was not the voice of a boy; it was a terrible thing, more bestial than human.
"There is no greater power on this earth than story."
"What sort of god would let this world happen?"
"People tend to think that hate is the most dangerous emotion. But love is equally dangerous."
"Imagine an America in which both our physical and social ills have been bred out of us."
"All men are not created equal, but they could be. Mankind was meant to reach ever forward, ever upward, ever onward!"
"Oh, he’s clever. He’s very, very clever," Will said, more to himself than to anyone else. "Don’t you see? He knew we were close! He knew! He got her to write that note. He laid a trap, and we walked right into it."
"Terrence, this is going to sound like I’ve gone over the edge, but I assure you I am quite sane. The Pentacle Killer isn’t a copycat, and he certainly isn’t me. He’s John Hobbes."
"But it’s true!" Evie interrupted. "That’s why we had to go to Brethren, to his secret grave, and dig up his body. It’s why we must destroy his pendant—to release his spirit from this world."
"Murder. Grave robbing. Destroying property. Thievery. And corruption of the young…"
"Please, you can’t take him, Detective Malloy! We have to stop John Hobbes tonight. He’s going to strike during Solomon’s Comet and become the Beast. It’s our last chance!"
"Sweetheart, I don’t know what he’s been telling you, but there’s no such thing as ghost killers. There’s no such thing as ghosts, period."
"If he strikes tonight, you’re off the hook, Professor."
"How are we going to stop him? Think, Evie, think."
"‘Anoint thy flesh and prepare ye the walls of your houses.…’"
"How do you stop a ghost? How do you sever a thread of evil once it has woven itself into the world?"
"They are coming with me. The chosen of Brethren, sacrificed for the first of the eleven offerings. May it please the Lord!"
"Into this vessel, I bind your spirit. Into the fire, I commend your spirit. Into the darkness—"
"We’re not going to wait for John Hobbes to take his last victim. We’re taking the fight to him."