“And yet even from this – from evil – there will finally come good in some way; in some way that we may never understand or even see.” Merrin paused. “Perhaps evil is the crucible of goodness,” he brooded. “And perhaps even Satan – Satan, in spite of himself – somehow serves to work out the will of God.”

“And yet even from this – from evil – there will finally come good in some way; in some way that we may never understand or even see.” Merrin paused. “Perhaps evil is the crucible of goodness,” he brooded. “And perhaps even Satan – Satan, in spite of himself – somehow serves to work out the will of God.”

— William Peter Blatty