“Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.”

Toll the Hounds (2008)
Context: Sometimes, mortals did indeed forget. Sometimes, mortals needed... reminding.

Source: Mindswap (1966), Chapter 32 (p. 153)

Source: Haunted (2005), Chapter 13, Civil Twilight

Variant: Sometimes the monsters are real, Anita. Sometimes they’re real and the only way to defeat them is to be the bigger monster.'
- Chang Bibi to Anita
Source: Bullet

Source: White Night

Source: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Prologue (p. 14)
The Hidden Goddess (2011)

Да, человек смертен, но это было бы ещё полбеды. Плохо то, что он иногда внезапно смертен, вот в чём фокус!
Book One in 'Never Talk with Strangers', P/V
Source: The Master and Margarita (1967)

Source: The Shining (1977)