But the purpose of the book is not the horror, it is horror's defeat.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, WitchNotoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, WitchThe future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that futures do.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, WitchYou're Hell's Angels, then? What chapter are you from?' 'REVELATIONS. CHAPTER SIX.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, WitchThe really important thing to be was yourself, just as hard as you could.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, WitchEvil in general does not sleep, and therefore doesn't see why anyone else should.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, WitchHell may have all the best composers, but heaven has all the best choreographers.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, WitchNever trust a woman who gives funny names to means of transport.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, WitchHe'd been an angel once. He hadn't meant to Fall. He'd just hung around with the wrong people.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, WitchIt has been said that civilization is twenty-four hours and two meals away from barbarism.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, WitchDON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, WitchHe looked up at them, a scruffy Napoleon with his laces trailing, exiled to a rose-trellised Elba.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, WitchWhy are we talking about this good and evil? They're just names for sides. We know that.
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