Good Omens

by

Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

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Warlock is raised as the son of the American Attaché and Mrs. Dowling—and until he turns 11, Aziraphale and Crowley believe that he’s the Antichrist. Warlock is a shy, quiet boy whom Crowley suspects from the beginning is too normal to be the Antichrist. While not wholly good and kind by any means, Warlock is afraid of lots of things, and he doesn’t seem as powerful as the Antichrist should be. In Crowley’s opinion, is just too normal. In fact, Warlock is actually the Youngs’ biological child, but he (rather than the Antichrist) ended up with the American Attaché due to a mix-up at the hospital. Crowley and Aziraphale only figure this out when the hell-hound doesn’t show up at Warlock’s 11th birthday party.

Warlock Quotes in Good Omens

The Good Omens quotes below are all either spoken by Warlock or refer to Warlock. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Good and Evil Theme Icon
).
Wednesday Quotes

They’d come up with some stomach-churning idea that no demon could have thought of in a thousand years, some dark and mindless unpleasantness that only a fully functioning human brain could conceive, then shout “The Devil Made Me Do It” and get the sympathy of the court when the whole point was that the devil hardly ever made anyone do anything. He didn’t have to. That was what some humans found hard to understand. Hell wasn’t a major reservoir of evil, any more than Heaven, in Crowley’s opinion, was a fountain of goodness; they were just sides in the great cosmic chess game. Where you found the real McCoy, the real grace and the real heart-stopping evil, was right inside the human mind.

Related Characters: Aziraphale, Crowley/Crawly, Adam Young/The Antichrist, Warlock, Satan
Page Number: 76-77
Explanation and Analysis:
Saturday Quotes

1111. An the Great Hound sharl coom, and the Two Powers sharl watch in Vane, for it Goeth where is its Master, where they Wot Notte, and he sharl name it, True to Ittes Nature, and Hell sharl flee it.

Related Characters: Agnes Nutter (speaker), Aziraphale, Crowley/Crawly, Adam Young/The Antichrist, Anathema Device, Newton “Newt” Pulsifer, Warlock
Related Symbols: Dog (The Hell-Hound)
Page Number: 208
Explanation and Analysis:
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Warlock Quotes in Good Omens

The Good Omens quotes below are all either spoken by Warlock or refer to Warlock. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Good and Evil Theme Icon
).
Wednesday Quotes

They’d come up with some stomach-churning idea that no demon could have thought of in a thousand years, some dark and mindless unpleasantness that only a fully functioning human brain could conceive, then shout “The Devil Made Me Do It” and get the sympathy of the court when the whole point was that the devil hardly ever made anyone do anything. He didn’t have to. That was what some humans found hard to understand. Hell wasn’t a major reservoir of evil, any more than Heaven, in Crowley’s opinion, was a fountain of goodness; they were just sides in the great cosmic chess game. Where you found the real McCoy, the real grace and the real heart-stopping evil, was right inside the human mind.

Related Characters: Aziraphale, Crowley/Crawly, Adam Young/The Antichrist, Warlock, Satan
Page Number: 76-77
Explanation and Analysis:
Saturday Quotes

1111. An the Great Hound sharl coom, and the Two Powers sharl watch in Vane, for it Goeth where is its Master, where they Wot Notte, and he sharl name it, True to Ittes Nature, and Hell sharl flee it.

Related Characters: Agnes Nutter (speaker), Aziraphale, Crowley/Crawly, Adam Young/The Antichrist, Anathema Device, Newton “Newt” Pulsifer, Warlock
Related Symbols: Dog (The Hell-Hound)
Page Number: 208
Explanation and Analysis: