“Yahweh: You've been unhappy because you've desired things that cannot be.Lucifer: That's what desire IS. The need for what we can't have. The need for what's readily available is called greed.”
―
Mike Carey,
Lucifer, Vol. 11: Evensong
“We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves.” ― Mike Carey & Peter Gross, The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
“They used to call the devil the father of lies. But for someone whose sin is meant to be pride, you'd think that lying would leave something of a sour taste. So my theory is that when the devil wants to get something out of you, he doesn't lie at all. He tells you the exact, literal truth. And he lets you find your own way to hell.” ― Mike Carey
“Michael: There's nothing here to fear.Lucifer: Well, there's always the truth.” ― Mike Carey
“All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts out of the dust, and out of the grave.” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 11: Evensong
“No, there are no special places in hell. Hell is a democracy.” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 2: Children and Monsters
“That's what I've never been able to get about religion: that charmless combination of altruism and insanity. Give me a cynical, self-interested bastard any day of the week; at least you can play chicken with him and know he'll stick to the rules.” ― Mike Carey, Vicious Circle
“I took a strong dislike to him right then to save time and effort later.” ― Mike Carey, The Devil You Know
“I have stared into the light and you are all my shadows.” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 5: Inferno
“Those heart-hammering nightmares that start to lose coherence even as you're waking up from them, but that still manage to leave their moldering fingerprints all across your day.” ― Mike Carey, The Naming of the Beasts
“Elaine: He saved my life twice. He's the only grown-up I know who keeps his promises.Michael: Yes. It is a point of pride with him. But please — don't mistake it for a virtue.” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 2: Children and Monsters
“You read any Greek myths, puppy? The one about the gorgon Medusa, particularly? I used to wonder what could be so terrible that you couldn't survive even looking at it.Until I got a little older and I figured out the obvious answer.Everything.” ― Mike Carey & Peter Gross, The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
“When a book is read an irrevocable thing happens — a murder, followed by an imposture. The story in the mind murders the story on the page, and takes its place.” ― Mike Carey, The Unwritten. [Volume 2], Inside Man
“All the waters in the oceans won't fill a bucket with a hole in it” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 1: Devil in the Gateway
“Words are the birds that break cover and show your enemy where you're hiding.” ― Mike Carey, Vicious Circle
“Be yourself, until you bleed.” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 11: Evensong
“You use the word "Infinity" very glibly.... Have you ever been there? Time and space are extensions of the mind, the will. Which means that infinity is a purely local phenomenon. You can turn over a stone and find it crawling there. Or you can make it yourself out of whatever materials are at hand.” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 3: A Dalliance With the Damned
“When God has abandoned you and the devil is snapping at your heels, what you really need on your side is a bigger devil.” ― Mike Carey, The Naming of the Beasts
“Nothing is immune to Time. Not even eternity.” ― Mike Carey, The Sandman Presents: The Furies
“We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves.” ― Mike Carey & Peter Gross, The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
“They used to call the devil the father of lies. But for someone whose sin is meant to be pride, you'd think that lying would leave something of a sour taste. So my theory is that when the devil wants to get something out of you, he doesn't lie at all. He tells you the exact, literal truth. And he lets you find your own way to hell.” ― Mike Carey
“Michael: There's nothing here to fear.Lucifer: Well, there's always the truth.” ― Mike Carey
“All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts out of the dust, and out of the grave.” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 11: Evensong
“No, there are no special places in hell. Hell is a democracy.” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 2: Children and Monsters
“That's what I've never been able to get about religion: that charmless combination of altruism and insanity. Give me a cynical, self-interested bastard any day of the week; at least you can play chicken with him and know he'll stick to the rules.” ― Mike Carey, Vicious Circle
“I took a strong dislike to him right then to save time and effort later.” ― Mike Carey, The Devil You Know
“I have stared into the light and you are all my shadows.” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 5: Inferno
“Those heart-hammering nightmares that start to lose coherence even as you're waking up from them, but that still manage to leave their moldering fingerprints all across your day.” ― Mike Carey, The Naming of the Beasts
“Elaine: He saved my life twice. He's the only grown-up I know who keeps his promises.Michael: Yes. It is a point of pride with him. But please — don't mistake it for a virtue.” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 2: Children and Monsters
“You read any Greek myths, puppy? The one about the gorgon Medusa, particularly? I used to wonder what could be so terrible that you couldn't survive even looking at it.Until I got a little older and I figured out the obvious answer.Everything.” ― Mike Carey & Peter Gross, The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
“When a book is read an irrevocable thing happens — a murder, followed by an imposture. The story in the mind murders the story on the page, and takes its place.” ― Mike Carey, The Unwritten. [Volume 2], Inside Man
“All the waters in the oceans won't fill a bucket with a hole in it” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 1: Devil in the Gateway
“Words are the birds that break cover and show your enemy where you're hiding.” ― Mike Carey, Vicious Circle
“Be yourself, until you bleed.” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 11: Evensong
“You use the word "Infinity" very glibly.... Have you ever been there? Time and space are extensions of the mind, the will. Which means that infinity is a purely local phenomenon. You can turn over a stone and find it crawling there. Or you can make it yourself out of whatever materials are at hand.” ― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 3: A Dalliance With the Damned
“When God has abandoned you and the devil is snapping at your heels, what you really need on your side is a bigger devil.” ― Mike Carey, The Naming of the Beasts
“Nothing is immune to Time. Not even eternity.” ― Mike Carey, The Sandman Presents: The Furies
