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“Yes, Eden was beautiful- and if I had to squeeze through corporeal keyholes to crash it- so be it. (Hasn’t it bothered you, this part of the story, my being there, I mean? What was I doing there? ‘Presume not the ways of God to scan,’ you’ve been told in umpteen variations, ‘the proper study of Mankind is Man.’ Maybe so, but what, excuse me, was the Devil doing in Eden?) I took the forms of animals. I found I could. (That’s generally my reason for doing something, by the way, because I find I can.)”

Book:I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story

Work

I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story

This book is a fictional narrative that explores the story of Lucifer from his own viewpoint, providing readers with a unique perspective on events often depicted from a human or divine perspective. more

Author

Glen Duncan

Glen Duncan, born in 1965, is a renowned author from Scotland. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound philosophical insights, spanning genres such as fantasy, horror, and literature. more

“Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain, th' way I see it. For too many years, I ate fancy, I dressed fancy, I talked fancy. A while back, I decided to start talkin' th' way I was raised t' talk, and for th' first time in forty years, I can understand what I'm sayin'.”

Way Years Firsts I Can Sometimes First Time Appreciate Decided Raised Fancy Forty Gags

Book:At Home in Mitford

Source: At Home in Mitford

“It was Lorraine in her nightie and Mo in his cap. They'd just settled their brains for a long winter's nap in front of the television. When out in the lot there arose such a clatter, they sprang from their recliners to see what was the matter. Away to the window they flew like a flash, tore open the blinds and threw up the sash. And what to their wondering eyes should appear, but Stephanie Plum and yet another of her cars burning front to rear.”