"She read a book, and when that failed her she asked Security to hold her down and set her hand on fire, which so far as we know simply worked."
"It reassured me to hear of it, that the chosen of tropes and other gods are not thereby rendered entirely non-Asmodeans."
"I think you will have an easier time of redesigning Hell if you learn anything about how to use pain. Abrogail knows, Keltham is learning swiftly, it is time for you to learn. The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a first step, and assigning standard torture codes to Pilar is not that step."
"Consult with Subirachs and devise a punishment for yourself that you expect to restore your cautionary judgment about when to decide in your thoughts that Asmodeus would be a fool. If enduring that torment makes you weaker, if it fails and must be repeated stronger, you will have only yourself to blame for either end."