The Devils attributes have been left vague. I think Ive found one of t — Deptford Trilogy

"Did you know, by the way, that somebody has to own a grave? Somebody, that is, other than the occupant. I own my fathers grave. A strange thought."

"If I had the power to cast curses, I should rank the curse of being enviable very high."

"What school performance of anything is ever less than a triumph?"

"He let me know that he had been led into his marriage by love, and love alone; though he did not say so it was clear he owed Cupid a grudge."

"Despite these afternoon misgivings and self-reproaches I clung to my notion, ill-defined though it was, that a serious study of any important body of human knowledge, or theory, or belief, if undertaken with a critical but not a cruel mind, would in the end yield some secret, some valuable permanent insight, into the nature of life and the true end of man."

"If you dont hurry up and let life know what you want, life will damned soon show you what youll get."