“"What matters," Sister Vigilante says, "is, people need a monster they can believe in." A true horrible enemy. A demon to define themselves against. Otherwise, it's just us versus us.”

— Chuck Palahniuk , book Haunted

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

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