William Peter Blatty Quotes

We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to whither; but we know that May is one day to have its revenge upon November, by the revolution of that solemn circle which never stops---which teaches us in our height of hope, ever to be sober, and in our depth of desolation, never to despair.

~ William Peter Blatty

Her shoes were comfortable. They reflected her hope for the evening.

~ William Peter Blatty

The child was slender as fleeting hope.

~ William Peter Blatty

Perhaps evil is the crucible of goodness... and perhaps even Satan - Satan, in spite of himself - somehow serves to work out the will of God.

~ William Peter Blatty

God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials.

~ William Peter Blatty

As far as God goes, I _am_ a nonbeliever. Still am. But when it comes to a devil---well, that's something else.

~ William Peter Blatty

For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all, I think it finally is a matter of love.

~ William Peter Blatty

And there lies the heart of it, perhaps: in unworthiness. For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love: of accepting the possibility that God could ever love us.

~ William Peter Blatty

Earth is a homicide victim. We lose our children. There are wars. Disease. And God comes strolling by like a cosmic Billie Burke.

~ William Peter Blatty

Yet I think the demon's target is not the possessed; it is us . . . the observers . . . every person in this house. And I think---I think the point is to make us despair; to reject our own humanity, Damien: to see ourselves as ultimately bestial; as ultimately vile and putrescent; without dignity; ugly; unworthy.

~ William Peter Blatty

But if all of the evil in the world makes you think that there might be a devil, Chris, how do you account for all the good?

~ William Peter Blatty

What looked like morning was the beginning of endless night

~ William Peter Blatty

But a myth, to speak plainly, to me is like a menu in a fancy French restaurant: glamorous, complicated camouflage for a fact you wouldn't otherwise swallow, like maybe lima beans.

~ William Peter Blatty

Do you know what she did? Your cunting daughter?

~ William Peter Blatty

And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its existence.

~ William Peter Blatty