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@@ -1288,6 +1288,13 @@ major demon
 	them difficult to deal with, even on the rare occasions when
 	they are friendly.
 	  [ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]
+demonbane
+	Do not be deceived, Wormwood. Our cause is never more in danger
+	than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do
+	our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe from which every
+	trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been
+	forsaken, and still obeys.
+		[ The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis ]
 dented pot
 	Here was a sight to beat all: a man in the prime of life rambling
 	barefoot down the wilderness road, dressed in raggedy pantaloons