Boy, you're good at figuring things out. Isn't he? Except that if anybody's the devil in this room it's _you_, buster." An extraordinary bitterness came into his face. "I've seen you before. I know you, all right, preacher man. Age after age, you come back. You always lead the crusades. You're so damned golden-tongued, other people just flock to die for your causes. You die with them, it's true, because you're stupid enough to believe your own great lies; but you always come back again somehow. Oh, I know _you_. Kage Baker
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"Boy, you're good at figuring things out. Isn't he? Except that if anybody's the devil in this room it's _you_, buster." When people feel that they are superior to others, they show it by how they treat others. A person who is constantly on the attack is showing their superiority through aggressive behavior. A person who is constantly on the defense is showing their inferiority through passive behavior.

"Boy, you're good at figuring things out. Isn't he?" I was intrigued by this quote and I had to know more about the person who said it. The phrase "boy" and "he" were used rather than "you." The person who said this has a sarcastic tone and the person who was being addressed is clearly disliked by them.

They feel as though they are superior to him because he must be a kid and not as intelligent as they are. They feel as though they are the devil in this room because they are constantly attacking other people, thus making them superior to those people.

Source: In The Garden Of Iden

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