"Grendel" Quotes

I observe myself observing what I observe. It startles me. 'Then I am I?'

I understood that the world was nothing: a mechanical chaos of casual, brute enmity on which we stupidly impose our hopes and fears.

I was Grendel, warpspawned, deformed to a giant monster.

I am mad with joy.

I was full of fear, full of hatred.

I understood that, finally and absolutely, I alone exist.

I was sure I was dead.

I was the worst of all monsters, I was the worst of all men.

I understood that the universe was nothing but a fuming chaos.

I understood that the shapes of gods and devils are subjective.