"America was, to them, the place that good people went to when they died. They were prepared to believe just about anything could happen in America."
"He wondered reflectively what would happen if you asked a nun where the Gents was. Probably the Pope sent you a sharp note or something."
"The future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that futures do."
"Note for Americans and other aliens: Milton Keynes is a new city approximately halfway between London and Birmingham. It was built to be modern, efficient, healthy, and, all in all, a pleasant place to live. Many Britons find this amusing."
"There was the kind of silence there might have been on the day before Creation. Adam stood smiling at the two of them, a small figure perfectly poised exactly between Heaven and Hell. Crowley grabbed Aziraphale's arm. "You know what happened?" he hissed excitedly. "He was left alone! He grew up human! He's not Evil Incarnate or Good Incarnate, he's just...a human incarnate-"
"Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose between their leader and a circus with elephants."
"I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out."
"Why are we talking about this good and evil? They're just names for sides. We know that."
"And then he'd tried to become an official Atheist and hadn't got the rock-hard self-satisfied strength of belief even for that."
"It has been said that civilization is twenty-four hours and two meals away from barbarism."
"Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity."
"The really important thing to be was yourself, just as hard as you could."