# Quote — Neil Gaiman, Good Omens

> Along with the standard computer warranty agreement which said that if the machine 1) didn't work, 2) didn't do what the expensive advertisements said, 3) electrocuted the immediate neighborhood, 4) and in fact failed entirely to be inside the expensive box when you opened it, this was expressly, absolutely, implicitly and in no event the fault or responsibility of the manufacturer, that the purchaser should consider himself lucky to be allowed to give his money to the manufacturer, and that any attempt to treat what had just been paid for as the purchaser's own property would result in the attentions of serious men with menacing briefcases and very thin watches. Crowley had been extremely impressed with the warranties offered by the computer industry, and had in fact sent a bundle Below to the department that drew up the Immortal Soul agreements, with a yellow memo form attached just saying: "Learn, guys..."

- Author: [Neil Gaiman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman.md)
- Book: [Good Omens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/good-omens.md)
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> "But you can't just leave it at that!" said Anathema, pushing forward. "Think of all things you could do! Good things!"
>
> "Like what?" said Adam suspiciously.
>
> "Well ... you could bring all the whales back, to start with."
>
> He put his head on one side. "An' that'd stop people killing them, would it?"
>
> She hesitated. It would have been nice to say yes.
>
> "An' if people do start killing 'em, what would you have me do about 'em?" said Adam. "No. I reckon I'm getting the hang of this now. Once I start messing around like that, there'd be no stoppin' it. Seems to me, the only sensible thing is for people to know if they kill a whale, they've got a dead whale."

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> "God does not play games with His loyal servants," said the Metatron, but in a worried tone of voice.
>
> "Whooo-eee," said Crowley. "Where have you been?"

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> "I don't see what's so t'riffic about creating people as people and then gettin' upset 'cos they act like people," said Adam severely. "Anyway, if you stopped tellin' people it's all sorted out after they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive.

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