J. M. Coetzee Quotes

There is a devil, and he knows my name.

The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance; We find delight in the most loathsome things; Some furtherance of Hell each new day brings, And yet we feel no horror in that rank advance.

No man means evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his horns.

Watch for the devil. When there’s a god, there’s always a legion of devils.

It doesn't always have a shape,Almost never does it have a name,It maybe has a pitchfork, maybe has a tail,But evil is alive and well.

Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.

This discourse, and the present frame of my mind, lead me rather to speak to those, who by feeling Satan's fiery darts, know assuredly that there is a devil.

Let us confess it: evil strides the world.

The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?

You never walk alone. Even the devil is the lord of flies.

O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.

That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.

The sweeter the apple, the blacker the core. Scratch a lover and find a foe!

Evil's lurking, I can see him smirking.

You never know when the devil might come calling.

The devil tryna rip out my soul. Lost my soul. I'll see you in hell. I see the devil linger on, stuck in my hell.

Son, the greatest trick the Devil pulled was convincing the world there was only one of him.

I was directed and commanded by another power. The power of darkness. The power that you've heard so much about. The power that a lot of people don't believe exists. The power of the Devil. Satan.

God gives us life, but the world's landlord is the devil.

The devil's not fighting churches today, he's joining churches.

The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone.

Fear is the only way to greet the devil.

The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell within myself.

When the devil is called the god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldliness.

Never forget that the devil is there 24/7 too. He's very, very busy.