I didn't want to destroy Heaven. Or earth. I would have, to bring God around.... But I love the earth, Inias. It's God's last perfect creation.

You want to know a secret? And you can go ahead and ask Castiel or Gabriel...I didn't even want to fight Michael. My plan involved talking him out of it. [A small pause, because he has to fight a wince, a bitter twist of his mouth.] But apparently he didn't listen.