"But remember the risk of cheating the plan...disrespecting the plan could incite a fury that could terrorize even the Grim Reaper. And you don't even wanna fuck with that MacDaddy."

"In death, there are no accidents, no coincidences, no mishaps, and no escapes. You have to realize that we're all just a mouse that a cat has by the tail. Every single move we make, from the mundane to the monumental, the red light that we stop at or run, the people we have sex with or want with us, the airplanes that we ride or walk out of—it's all part of Death's sadistic design leading to the grave."

"[Reading his memorial speech.] We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast. But when we say this, we imagine that the hour is placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun, or that death could arrive this same afternoon—this afternoon, which is so certain, and which has every hour filled in advance."

"How do we know this isn't exactly what was meant to happen? That out of everyone on Flight 180, you, me and Carter were meant to live. Maybe that was the design all along."

"The mortician said that Death has a design. Okay. I'm talking about omens. How do we know that just by sitting here, by sipping this coffee, or breathing the air, or even crossing the intersection, that we haven't started in motion the events that will some day lead to our death—forty years from now, ten years from now, tomorrow? We don't. Unless we open ourselves up to the signs it's willing to show us."

"Awful things happen in every apartment house."

"Mercedes McCambridge - voice of Pazuzu"

"Arthur Storch - Psychiatrist"

"Peter Masterson - Dr. Barringer, Clinic Director"

"Barton Heyman - Dr. Klein"

"Reverend William O'Malley - Father Dyer"

"Jack MacGowran - Burke Dennings"

"Kitty Winn - Sharon Spencer"

"Lee J. Cobb - Lieutenant William Kinderman"

"Linda Blair - Regan Teresa MacNeil"

"Jason Miller - Father Damien Karras"

"Max von Sydow - Father Lankester Merrin"

"Ellen Burstyn - Chris MacNeil"

"The 1973 horror flick "The Exorcist" is my favorite snapshot of the cultural place of (white) (cis) little girls. In the film, a little girl (with a single mother) is possessed by the devil. From another perspective, the little girl is actually exploring her sexuality (masturbation and so on) and her own demons/meanness. Obviously, (white) men from the church have to be brought in to save her since her single mom can't do it alone."

"Nobody expected it, nobody believed it, and nothing could stop it. The one hope, the only hope: THE EXORCIST."

"Something beyond comprehension is happening to a girl on this street, in this house. And a man has been sent for as a last resort. This man is the Exorcist."

"Somewhere between science and superstition, there is another world. The world of darkness."

"The Devil Inside."

"THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!"

"[to Father Karras] Especially important is the warning to avoid conversations with the demon. We may ask what is relevant but anything beyond that is dangerous. He is a liar. The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us. But he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack is psychological, Damien, and powerful. So don't listen to him. Remember that - do not listen."

"[possessed voice] Your mother sucks cocks in hell, Karras, you faithless swine."

"[possessed voice, to Father Merrin] Stick your cock up her ass, you motherfucking worthless cocksucker!"

"[possessed voice, as she masturbates with a crucifix] LET JESUS FUCK YOU! LET JESUS FUCK YOU! LET HIM FUCK YOU!!! [pressing Chris's face into her groin] LICK ME! LICK ME! [spins her head 180 degrees] You know what she did?! Your cunting daughter?!"

"[as she is being thrown about on her bed] OH PLEASE MOTHER, MAKE IT STOP!!! IT'S HURTING!!!!! [possessed voice, after a doctor tried to hold her] Keep away! The sow is mine! Fuck me! Fuck me! Fuck me!"

"You're going to die up there."

"My bed was shaking. I can't get to sleep."

"[to the demon, after Merrin's death] You son of a bitch! Take me! Come into me! Goddamn you, TAKE ME! TAKE ME! [becomes possessed, tries to strangle Regan] NO!!! [throws himself out the window]"

"There's not a day in my life that I don't feel like a fraud. Other priests, doctors, lawyers - I talk to them all. I don't know anyone who hasn't felt that."

"Hope Summers - Mrs. Gilmore"

"Hanna Landy - Grace Cardiff"

"Charles Grodin - Dr. C.C. Hill"

"Emmaline Henry - Elise Dunstan"

"Elisha Cook Jr. - Mr. Nicklas"

"Patsy Kelly - Laura-Louise"

"Victoria Vetri - Terry Gionoffrio"