If you don't learn to laugh at life it'll surely kill you, that I know.

Christians. They’re determined to rid the land of any who worship the Horned One. Murdering all the druids, burning the temples, sometimes whole villages, and knocking over the standing stones.” The Lady’s face hardened. “This god of peace and love certainly likes to bathe the land in blood.

Men-kind shared this world for but a blink, then, sadly, they became enlightened, found science and religion. The new world of men left little room for magic or the magical creatures of old. Earth’s first children were driven into the shadows by flame and cold iron, by man’s insatiable need of conquest.

Men who fear demons see demons everywhere.

Both sides so blinded by their fear and hate of each other that they couldn't see they were all fighting for the same thing.

Magic?" What did magic have to do with breaking into someone's store and stealing their stuff?"Don't you get it?" Peter said. "You're free now. You don't have to live by their rules anymore." Peter pointed into the inky blackness of the basement. "The darkness is calling. A little danger, a little risk. Feel your heart race, listen to it. That's the sound of being alive. It's your time, Nick. Your one chance to have fun before it's all stolen by them, the adults, with their cruelty and endless rules, their can't-do-this, and can't-do-that's, their have-tos, and better-dos, their little boxes and cages all designed to break your spirit, to kill your magic.

For the world is a hard place and nothing comes without a price.

How much blood will it take to make them stop? How many more children must die?

How will I make a people who do not understand the power of belief believe?

Stop your weeping. Grief is for the dead.

Madness,' Nick called. 'That's all I've found here. Does Avalon breed insanity? Is that the nature of magic, to drive everyone out of their minds?

Demon or not, it didn't matter, suffering was everywhere he looked.

Me, I say too much optimism will get you killed.

Shit spews from your lips as from the ass of a pig.

A house built on lies has a weak foundation.

She laughed and said not to confuse pride with nobleness.

Almost lost you," he thought, surprised to find himself blinking back tears. "Been through too much, me and you. We're going to finish this thing together.

Julio was willing to bet that Officer "I've Seen It All" Mac had never seen a horde of black-skinned demons wearing rags and armor and carrying swords and spears, dragging a naked woman and a chubby boy by a rope. No, he was willing to bet his left nut that even officer Mac had never seen such a thing.

Does mankind truly hate itself? How can one surmount such irreverence?

Help her," Peter pleaded. "Do something. You have ways. Your potions. Your medicines. Do something.

Go and play. Run around. Build something. Break something. Climb a tree. Get dirty. Get in some trouble. Have some fun.

Had not enough gone wrong?

You are free. The world is yours. got take it.

And Peter laughed, and when he did, all the Devils grinned, because Peter's laugh was a most contagious thing.

The boy planted his hands on his hips and a broad smile lit his face. "My name's Peter. Can I play too?