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

— Brom

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

— Brom

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

— Brom

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

— Brom

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.

— Brom

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?

— Brom

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-not, and better-dos, their little boxes and cages all designed to break your spirit, to kill your magic.

— Brom

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

— Brom

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.

— Brom

Men who fear demons see demons everywhere.

— Brom