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“The root of evil is envy.”

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“The evil he had seen there had taken something from him. Something he could not describe in words, but he knew it was lost and never again to be regained.”

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Book:The Heist of Dunstan Manor

Source: The Heist of Dunstan Manor

“The story…deals with themes which have always interested me. What do the monsters we conjure tell us about ourselves? What must happen for evil to get a grip on a person, or on a country, and what does it take to defeat it? Why do people choose to believe lies even on scant or nonexistent evidence?”

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Book:The Ickabog

Source: The Ickabog

“What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by living things and people.”

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Book:The Master and Margarita

Source: The Master and Margarita

“[G]ood and evil comes in all shades and colors... evil is not prejudiced.... evil just needs an opportunity to work through you.... All of us, no matter what we look like, we all have a common enemy, and that is evil. If we don't understand that and come together, then evil will win.”

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Author:Ruby Bridges

“Would anyone on earth seriously like to defend Abraham – the would-be child killer, the father who unquestioningly agreed to murder his own son because a voice told him to? How can any person on earth regard this person with anything other than the most extreme revulsion? He is not a “good” man. He is the worst man conceivable.”

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Book:Kill God!: The Hunt for the Cosmic War Criminal

Source: Kill God!: The Hunt for the Cosmic War Criminal

“Do people who love more suffer more? Is love merely a tinted simile for accepting ourselves and unequivocally embracing other people’s ululating heart songs? Is hate the failure to love? Is evil merely the absence of good? Alternatively, is the root of hate and evil more than the lack of love and absence off goodness? Is darkness the absence of light, or does darkness encapsulate its own dynamism? Does the interaction of piousness and sinfulness along with the intermingling of knowledge and ignorance shadow our souls similar to how darkness interferes with light to create shades of opaqueness? What is self-love? Is it important to love oneself? Alternatively, is no self the ultimate test?”

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Book:Dead Toad Scrolls

Source: Dead Toad Scrolls

“It cannot be evil to strip away superstitions, prejudices and inhibitions when they stand in the way of harmless physical pleasures, but Sade compulsively develops his narrative to culminate in evil-doing that cannot fail to alienate his readers.”

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Book:De Sade: A Critical Biography

Source: De Sade: A Critical Biography

“Here, in this quiet place we own, worlds are born. ~Run the Voodoo Down~”

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Author:Cassandra Wilson

“I don't get enough credit for using my genius only for personal gain and not all-out evil.”

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Book:Out Now: Queer We Go Again!

Source: Out Now: Queer We Go Again!

“Whenever you're about to engage in something with an ethical dimension, always ask yourself, "Is this who I wanted to be on the best day of my life?”

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Book:The Art of Failure: The Anti Self-Help Guide

Source: The Art of Failure: The Anti Self-Help Guide