"Don Camillo war ein Mensch von jener Sorte, die Haare auf den Zähnen hat."

(Giovanni Guareschi, Die Beichte, aus 'Don Camillo und Peppone/Mondo Piccolo Don Camillo', 1946 - 1951)

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Taglines:

Saving the world is a hell of a job
Believe it or not - he's the good guy
Good never looked so bad.

Zitate:

Prince Nuada: Sit *down*, proud, empty, hollow things that you are! Let this remind you why you once feared the dark.

Tom Manning: I suppress each photo, cell phone videos, each one costs me a fortune, and then they show up on Youtube... God, I hate Youtube!

Hellboy: Your first piece of tail.

Hellboy: You're in love. Have a beer.
Abe Sapien: Oh, my body's a temple.
Hellboy: Now it's an amusement park.

Tom Manning: No fingerprints, no photos. But they say, and I'm translating, "he has a nice, open face."

Tom Manning: [talking about Krauss] I like the way he takes charge.
Liz Sherman: You think?
Tom Manning: He's efficient, and precise.
Liz Sherman: Add resistant to that and you got yourself a new watch.

Johann Krauss: Your temper, it makes you sloppy. Try to control it, Agent Hellboy. Before it controls you.
Johann Krauss: [walks away singing in German]
Hellboy: Glasshole.

Prince Nuada: You! You will pay for what happened to my friend down there.
Hellboy: Yeah, right. You take checks?
Prince Nuada: Demon. Born from a womb of shadows, sent to destroy their world and you still believe you belong?
Hellboy: Are we going to talk all night? Because I'm really sleepy.

Tom Manning: What are these things?
Liz Sherman: Fairy folk and trolls emit a cloaking aura called "glamour" that shields them from human eyes. In 1838, Emil Schuffstein designed four crystal diopters to penetrate that effect, allows you to see them as they really are.
Tom Manning: That little old lady? Oh, please, she's as sweet as can...
Liz Sherman: A Fragglewump. Scottish troll. Very nasty.
Tom Manning: Oh, my Lord! And what about the cats?
Liz Sherman: She feeds on them.
Tom Manning: That thing is a "she?

Johann Krauss: Nice baby.
Baby: I'm not a baby. I'm a tumor.

Abe Sapien: [to pregnant Liz] Nothing to fear. Despite the appearances, I bet Red can be excellent father figure.

Hellboy: Come on, Abe! What are these things?
Abe Sapien: Carcharadon Carcharias.
Hellboy: English, English.
Abe Sapien: They're, um... tooth fairies.
Hellboy: Ha!
Abe Sapien: No. Black Forest, 3rd Century. They feed mostly on calcium. Bones, skin, organs... But they do usually go after the teeth first. Hence the name, "tooth fairies."
Liz Sherman: Bet you they don't leave money, either.

Hellboy: I can be discreet.
Liz Sherman: Really?
Hellboy: Hey, I followed you and Myers, didn't I?
Liz Sherman: And then you had him transferred to Antarctica. That's very... discreet.
Hellboy: Ah, he said he liked the cold

Hellboy: [drunk] Look at her, Abe. She's my... she's my whole, wide w... I would... I would give my life for her. But she also expects me to do the dishes!
Abe Sapien: I would die *and* do the dishes!

Liz Sherman: We're looking for the entrance to BethMora.
Goblin: Trade me something.
Liz Sherman: I have a shiny belt.
Goblin: I have no pants.
Liz Sherman: I have a pair of magic eyes.
Goblin: No, I already have binoculars.

[Hellboy is about to fight Nuada; Abe and Liz are worried]
Hellboy: [to Liz] Don't worry, babe.
Hellboy: I'm not gonna kill him, Abe. But I will kick his ass!

Hellboy: Now stay down!

Neu gelesen:

David Sedaris, When you are engulfed in Flames

Zu verlangen, das Buch liegenzulassen bis ich mit Stadt der Blinden durch bin, ist wirklich unmöglich, zumal mir die vier vorgelesenen Kapitel schon den Mund wässrig gemacht hatten. Nur schade, daß es kein Hörbuch ist...

Neu gelesen:
José Saramago, Die Stadt der Blinden

Eine Leihgabe von Regina und schon die ersten Seiten sind trotz des gewöhnungsbedürftigen Erzählstils vollkommen faszienierend. Beim dritten Kapitel kam mir aber das neue Buch von David Sedaris dazwischen...

"I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time."

(Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind, 2001)

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which nobody can deny!

Happy birthday

dear

Neil Gaiman

and many more happy returns of the day!