Supernatural Interference Quotes

Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment.

The duke contents himself mainly with attempting to rule the world and other suchlike nonsense. When one is guiding the patterns of the social universe, a single spinster preternatural is unlikely to cause one undue distress.

Men and women straying from the Catholic faith have abandoned themselves to devils, incubi and succubi, and by incantations … have slain infants in the mother’s womb …. They hinder men from performing the sex act and women from conceiving …

Nothing screws up a séance like the appearance of a real ghost. ~Jaime Vegas

What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what's the weirdest most eccentric historical phenomenon of them all? Answer:the Great British Empire. Clearly, one tiny little island could only conquer half the known world with supernatural aid. Those absurd Victorian manners and ridiculous fashions were obviously dictated by vampires. And, without a doubt, the British army regimental system functions on werewolf pack dynamics.

How's the Angel of Death supposed to do his job with clipped wings?

Man proposes, but God blocks the game.

The idea of a Being who interferes with the sequence of events in the world is absolutely impossible

In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For instance, when you're walking away from a bus that's just been attacked by monster hags and blown up by lightning, and it's raining on top of everything else, most people might think that's just really bad luck; when you're a half-blood, you understand that some devine force is really trying to mess up your day.

The setting is a worthy one, if the devil did desire to have a hand in the affairs of men.

Apparently wizards poke their noses in everywhere!