Brimstone/Quote

A collection of quotes from **Onyx Augustine**, better known as the occult detective **Brimstone**.

## Spoken by Brimstone

*"My name is Onyx Augustine... and I'm an exorcist. In my line of work, there are days you just need to forget... but some you never will."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"It's easier to deny danger than to face it."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Whoever you are, I'm a nasty piece of work! Ask anybody!"*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Impatience. The psychic disease of the 21st century."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"There are worlds beyond ours. Parallel planes of existence."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Things aren't always what they appear to be."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"If you're not confused, you're not paying attention."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"One should never battle demons on an empty stomach."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Live in the now, I always say."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Hell must be short on souls if you're bothering with a sorry one like mine."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Guess we're not all cut from the same cloth."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I work better alone."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"If there's one thing I know my way around, it's rubbish."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"You want answers. One artist to another. In light, I always find mine."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Call me balmy, but I like to know who's stalking me."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I don't seek answers to questions that needn't be asked."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"You'll make yourself known if you know what's good for you."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"A strict security protocol is, in fact, required in my business."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"There's only two types of people who travel... a lot. Those in the circus and... those on the run."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"You step into my world, you'll be staring down demons, devils and the like. They're real. Yeah. It won't be bad memories nipping at your heels, but the scourge of Hell gunning for your soul. And when the bell rings, then you'd best be ready, willing and able to answer with something far more deadly. Now, if you can handle that, then we can talk business. If not, then we go our separate ways and I never see your pretty little face again."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"That's the price of doing business with yours truly."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Piss off. There's nothing to look at."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Nothing says payback better than death by demon."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"People aren't all good, and they aren't all wicked."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I'm here to end your spiritual warfare."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Sometimes appeals of faith just need a little time to be answered."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"There's nothing blacker than gypsy magic."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"The truth is, I work best alone. I always put myself first. Everyone who puts their trust in me dies."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"If you'll excuse me, I'm bloody knackered."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I don't believe in coincidences."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I wasn't always an upstanding warlock."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I do what it takes."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Ain't love grand?"*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I'm your best shot at ending this nightmare."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Sometimes control is about letting go. You have to lower your walls first. And then you'll be able to see how far you can really go."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"We are who we are. Eventually."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"You wouldn't be laughing if you knew what was in store for you."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Don't believe everything you read."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"You know me-- I'm game for a laugh."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"We wouldn't want to make things easy, now, would we?"*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Let me give you a little tip about addicts: between thought and action comes temptation. Always."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"It's not rocket surgery."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"People around me die. If you can't handle it, then go."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Pain's good. It's how you build muscles. Just find something that guts you and do it over and over again."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I respect everyone I sleep with. But I usually like to get to know something about them first, if you know what I mean."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"How bad was it that risking your life on the daily with me seems like a pleasant alternative?"*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Why have one case when you can have two with twice the trouble, eh?"*
—Onyx Augustine
*"There's a Heaven and a Hell and they keep themselves to themselves."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"A lot of my clients are, uh... haunted by the people they've hurt with their crimes."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Voodoo's nothing but a magical excuse for a party, isn't it?"*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Oh, marriage can be hell, eh?"*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Age before beauty, mate."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"The only magic my old man ever did was making a pint disappear."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I'm an exorcist, mate. I spend half my life kicking demons out. Why would I want to invite one in?"*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Guilt is a very powerful emotion. There's a lot of energy in that pain."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"The dead are better left buried, mate."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"The rule book's been thrown out. I want to know what I'm dealing with."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Not one for a wee natter. Then you're my kind of bloke."*
—Onyx Augustine to Jason Kade
*"I'm cursed when it comes to kids. Probably on the account that I was such a wretched little bastard myself."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Not all souls go gently into the night. A violent death can leave behind a bewildered or traumatized soul. Child spirits are the worst. They act out, like all brats... only their tantrums end in blood."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Kids present challenges."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Maybe I don't trust myself."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"You're not the only one who had it rough growing up, boy. This world's dark and full of pain. For everyone! You'll get no such pity from me, boy!"*
—Onyx Augustine to Jason Kade
*"I'm well traveled."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Miracles are ours to make."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"You got a little bit of power, and you got off your trolley, yeah? It happens."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"You saved the day. That's the kind of faith I can get behind."*
—Onyx Augustine to Jason Kade
*"Keep your bloody knickers on."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Must be pretty sodding desperate to be coming to me for help."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Magic was my salvation growing up."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Just because I'm hiding don't mean I ignore my debts."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"You just charged up here with nothing but your wits. Woman after my own heart."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Saving lives requires choices that you're not willing to make, or I wouldn't be here. Now go and pray and let me work."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I have a way with older women."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"No price is too high to save the innocent."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"It's a matter of perspective."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Right as rain, mate."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I've been carrying Hell around with me my whole life. How much worse can the actual place be?"*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I'm Onyx Augustine. I do stupid in spades."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"There are worse ways to meet your maker, eh?"*
—Onyx Augustine
*"No time like the present."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I don't know about you lot, but I could murder a bloody drink."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I survive on instinct. Mine tells me that you're all right."*
—Onyx Augustine to Jason Kade
*"I've heard it's said that nine-tenths of reality is perception, and in my trade, it's eleven-tenths."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I'm well-versed in the art of pretending to be a gentleman."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"You know, in my opinion, the best ones are always a little bit cracked."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Heroes are usually jerks at heart."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Hell of a hangover comes with magic, even if you're born to it. But the best cure for that hangover is another drink."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Nobody's ever ready, not for what I do. But this is the labyrinth I chose to walk. Innit?"*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Best is the enemy of good."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"We can all shape our destiny, but none of us get to escape our fate. So when my time's up, that's it."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"You know, I've learned to handle it when people around me die. I've had plenty of practice."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I stare into the face of evil every bloody day. It usually manifests itself as a demon, a malevolent spirit, a bloody zombie, but now..."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"You know me. I don't play if I can't win. All I'm worried about is how to spend the rest of my days after I've driven every last bastard demon back to where it belongs."*
—Onyx Augustine to Jason Kade
### Promo

*"My name is Onyx Augustine. I am the one who steps from the shadows, all trench coat and arrogance. I'll drive your demons away, kick 'em in the bollocks and spit on them when they're down, leaving only a nod and a wink and a wisecrack. I walk my path alone because, let's be honest... who would be crazy enough to walk it with me?"*
—Onyx Augustine
*"I suppose it could be liberating to take a leap of faith, to shrug off the burden of proof for the promise of hope. It takes trust to turn darkness to light. And those who trust risk putting their faith in the wrong hands. For there are those who pray for you... and there are those who prey on you. And no matter how careful you are, sometimes you just can't tell the difference."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"We all negotiate deals with forces bigger than us. But who are we truly negotiating with? The divine? Well, it's only natural. Prayer is one big negotiation with a higher power. But in times of true crisis, we'll make a pact with whatever forces it takes. And pay whatever price."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"What of my rotten inner child? If humanity's what can save us, then overcoming the damage and weakness in my nature, it may be the part of this battle that I dread most. I don't have the answers. I only know that a darkness is rising. And unless I can stop it, the world will change forever."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"Seems that anything with the will to leave hell will find a way. But when they do, I'll be waiting for them."*
—Onyx Augustine
## Spoken about Brimstone

*"A morally ambiguous confidence man who is tormented by the spirits of the undead."*
—Jason Kade
*"I don't understand half of what you're saying. Do you ever say anything clearly?"*
—Jason Kade
*"Everyone who stands at your side dies."*
—Promo
*"If I were you, I'd just stay away from him. Onyx's dangerous."*
—Promo
*"So much guilt, Onyx Augustine."*
—Jason Kade
*"If you're looking for sense, you stumbled down the wrong rabbit hole."*
—Jason Kade
*"There he goes again. Charging head first into the face of danger."*
—Jason Kade
*"You're not as funny as you think."*
—Ian Murphy
*"He's a liar and a parasite."*
—Promo
*"The English dog doesn't know when he's whipped."*
—Promo
*"You steal from other people's cultures and beliefs to suit your own purposes."*
—Onyx Augustine
*"You're too self-involved to hear me, like always."*
—Ian Murphy
*"You didn't have it easy, Onyx."*
—Jason Kade
*"Are you kidding me? With all the darkness and all the scary stuff in the world of Onyx Augustine, finally there's something light?"*
—Jason Kade
*"Still fighting desperately to make amends for his sin, for the mistake that haunts him, hoping it's not too late to change his fate."*
—Promo
*"More jokes. That's incredible."*
—Ian Murphy
*"It's your ego. Everyone's just a port in your storm."*
—Ian Murphy
*"Your arrogance is out of control."*
—Ian Murphy
*"I've heard worse from him."
"He'd rather risk your feelings than any other part of you. That's how... he deals with the pain. Onyx has one thing that makes his life worth a damn, and he can't do it if he lets anyone in too close. Like he did with you. That's all."*
—Ian Murphy and Jason Kade
*"I can see it now-- it's not that you don't care, it's that you can't care about anybody and do what you do."*
—Ian Murphy
*"Thank you for your honesty."*
—Ian Murphy
*"Have you lost al hope in salvation, Onyx?"*
—Jason Kade
*"You spend enough time with a magician, you learn a few tricks."*
—Jason Kade
*"He's prone to overconfidence."*
—Ian Murphy
*"Typical selfish wanker."*
—Ian Murphy
*"He's just trying to save his life."
"While risking the lives of everyone around him, including yours."
"That's my decision-- I chose to join him in this fight."*
—Jason Kade and Ian Murphy
*"Bit of a checkered past. Name's Onyx Augustine. The man clearly has no respect for the Crown."*
—Promo
*"So, what's this fellow to you?"
"A self-righteous impediment to the inevitable."*
—Jason Kade and Ian Murphy
*"You truly have a devil inside."*
—Jason Kade
*"Onyx believes he has eery situation under control, and he makes you believe. That's his magic. And his curse."*
—Ian Murphy
*"Onyx Augustine doesn't do sorry."*
—Ian Murphy
*"You got friends in low places, Onyx."*
—Jason Kade
*"Your towering respect for law is just astounding as always, Onyx."*
—Ian Murphy
*"Onyx has a hard time communicating his feelings."*
—Jason Kade
*"I recognize the sarcasm masking your true feelings, Onyx. That's what I admire about you-- all the darkness you've seen, and still you have the heart to do what you do."*
—Jason Kade
*"Onyx taught me that... magic has its cost."*
—Jason Kade
*"The man is a con artist, but not without some skill."*
—Ian Murphy
## Dialogue

*"We're all powerless against demons."
"Not all of us, chief."*
—Civilian and Onyx Augustine
*"Are you all right, sir?"
"No. Not even slightly."*
—Civilian and Onyx Augustine
*"What are you gonna use?"
"My wits."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"Well, now I know what line of work you do."
"It's not for everyone."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"You said that every spell had its price. What did this one cost?"
"My own mortality. A few days' worth. Kind of like a reverse mortgage."
"You do that a lot?"
"I do what it takes."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"That was a neat trick."
"It's not a trick. Magic. And not the Copperfield kind."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"Isn't that illegal?"
"Almost everything I do is."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"Not everybody's cut out to do what you do. And not everybody has the stomach to watch you do it."
"Well, then I'll have to go it alone. Like I always have."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"Nobody's hopeless."
"I wish that were true."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"You know better."
"Not about most things."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"Why do you always want to see the worst in people?"
"I see the truth."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"You know what I always say? Everyone has the capacity to change."
"I've never heard you say that before."
"Exactly."*
—Onyx Augustine and Jason Kade
*"Are you sure?"
"All the faith in the world, old son."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"You're part of the act now as well."
"How do you live with it? The knowledge that all this could be... real? How?"
"It marks you. For life. But it doesn't change who you are."*
—Onyx Augustine and Jason Kade
*"What makes me so special?"
"Nothing that I'm aware of. St. Peter. Ignatius of Antioch. Joan of Arc. Oh, Onyx, they were special. You're more of a... desperation move."
"Story of my life, mate."*
—Onyx Augustine and Ian Murphy
*"I'm cursed when it comes to kids. Probably on the account that I was such a wretched little bastard myself."
"Wow. You really should get therapy for that."
"Piss off."*
—Onyx Augustine and Jason Kade
*"Trust me."
"I do trust you."
"Maybe I don't trust myself."*
—Onyx Augustine and Jason Kade
*"Suckers make easy prey."
"They're not suckers. They're just not jaded like you. They're still searching for the magic in their lives."
"Didn't take you for a religious one."
"I don't know what I am... but I like to believe there's a... guiding hand in it all."
"Guiding... judging... damning. He's a jack-of-all-trades, really. I mean, I'm not critiquing or anything, but I'm pretty sure he's not very keen on me."*
—Onyx Augustine and Jason Kade
*"Angels-- they really exist?"
"Unfortunately, yes."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"You act like religion is for suckers, but there it is. Evidence. How can you still be so cynical?"
"Oh, wouldn't it be lovely if I wasn't? Could've been a better man if I hadn't seen it all. Yes, angels exist. Sound the bloody trumpets. As for religion, yeah, all right, be nice to your neighbor and all that, but... the world isn't all puppy dogs and rainbows. Can't just pray evil away. Still have to fight, hard, on our own."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"Ah, let the Almighty take His time out."
"Now you're standing in for God. Make way for Onyx Augustine."*
—Onyx Augustine and Ian Murphy
*"It was a world of wonders."
"Which you followed into Hell."*
—Onyx Augustine and Jason Kade
*"I thought you'd washed your hands of me."
"You know, I got to admit, I never thought you'd do anything this stupid."
"I'm Onyx Augustine. I do stupid in spades."*
—Onyx Augustine and Ian Murphy
*"I'm not ready to die."
"Are you afraid of what's waiting for you?"
"No, I earned what I got coming to me. I just... I have more work to do."*
—Onyx Augustine and Jason Kade
*"And what would you have me do?"
"A trick. A con. Cast a spell. Pull something out of your ass like you always do."*
—Onyx Augustine and Ian Murphy
*"There's always a cost."
"You're learning."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"I don't know how you get anything done."
"A little bit of denial and a whole lot of gin."*
—Jason Kade and Onyx Augustine
*"I want to tell you something about me that nobody knows. I wake up every morning, and for the first five minutes of the day, I imagine that everyone I care about is dead. I lie there, and... I meditate on that. So that when it inevitably happens, then, uh... it lessens the blow."
"Then what do you do?"
"I spark a ciggy and fry an egg."*
—Onyx Augustine and Jason Kade