How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"I know the mistakes you made were not deliberate or malicious […] Your grandfather must share the blame for placing you children in a situation where opening a window with kind intentions could cause such harm and destruction. And clearly the fiends who abducted him are ultimately the most culpable." (15.67)
Grandma lays it out for Seth and Kendra: intentions aren't everything when it comes to telling good from evil, but they sure do matter. Seth didn't mean to cause any harm by opening the window on Midsummer Eve, and in fact he thought he was doing something good by rescuing the baby on the roof—the supernatural critters that abducted Grandpa, on the other hand, most certainly went in with the intention of doing harm, and so they can carry the most blame for the way things went down.
Quote #8
"Muriel is a student of evil. She was originally imprisoned for tampering with such things." (15.98)
We don't know if all witches in this world are evil, or if Muriel's a special case, but the way Grandma says it, we're starting to get worried about what Muriel wants with Bahumat. Evil witch + evil demon = evil sandwich of evil that we don't wanna mess with.
Quote #9
"The most violent and malevolent demons are imprisoned, yes, but that is for the safety of the world. In pursuit of endless carnage and unlawful dominion, they clashed anciently with good humans and creatures of light, and are paying a heavy price for losing." (15.111)
Grandma is just a treasure trove of information about evil. Apparently some supernatural creatures are pretty darn evil, and when they used to run amok, that was bad news for everyone else—so the not-so-evil creatures imprisoned them. Though now we're wondering… if the creatures of light are essentially good, why are they so into punishing evil? Something about that doesn't seem very good to us.