“I tell myself I write because I want to say something true and original about the nature of evil. That is very ambitious - to say something about the human condition that hasn't been written before. Probably I will never succeed but that is what I strive to do.” WantWritingHumansEvilWrittenConditionsSucceedOriginalsStriveHuman ConditionAmbitiousNature Of Evil Author:Jo Nesbo
“Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by the absence of some fictitious good; of something which is not required by any real want of nature, which has not in itself any power of gratification, and which neither reason nor fancy would have prompted us to wish, did we not see it in the possession of others.” WantMadeRealReasonEvilWishMiseryPossessionAbsenceUnhappyFancyConsumerismGratificationOverconsumption Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.: D., with an Essay on His Life and Genius Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.: D., with an Essay on His Life and Genius