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"We had firsthand witnessed the ethereal evil of crushing hope just when it had peaked-like an open door, visible to you as you approach it from miles away, just closing on you when you have only two more yards to go."

"We had firsthand witnessed the ethereal evil of crushing hope just when it had peaked-like an open door, visible to you as you approach it from miles away, just closing on you when you have only two more yards to go."

Pawan Mishra, Indian Author

Evil, Hope, Despair, Loss, Emotion

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"The real thing about evil, you figure out one side of it - the human side, say - and the eternal side goes into shadow. Or vice versa. The real disaster of this inquiry is that it is the nature of evil to be secret."

"The real thing about evil, you figure out one side of it - the human side, say - and the eternal side goes into shadow. Or vice versa. The real disaster of this inquiry is that it is the nature of evil to be secret."

Gregory Maguire, American Novelist

Evil, Mystery, Secrecy, Inquiry

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"The gross evil of our time defies all labels."

"The gross evil of our time defies all labels."

Edward Abbey, American Author

Evil, Observation, Truth, Awareness

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"You can see the evil, the evil is everywhere. As Far as I can tell I can build a town full of horror."

"You can see the evil, the evil is everywhere. As Far as I can tell I can build a town full of horror."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Evil, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Life

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"Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable."

"Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Evil, Goodness, Sense, Writer

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"Evil stinks and it doesn't disappear just because you want it to. You can still smell it with your eyes closed."

"Evil stinks and it doesn't disappear just because you want it to. You can still smell it with your eyes closed."

Dan Groat, American Author

Evil, Truth, Awareness, Danger

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"There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do."

"There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Evil, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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"All evil is good become cancerous."

"All evil is good become cancerous."

Isaac Asimov, American Scientist

Evil, Transformation, Cancer, Corruption

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"Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking."

"Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Evil, Awareness, Truth, Deception

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"There are heroes in evil as well as in good."

"There are heroes in evil as well as in good."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"And maps can really point to placesWhere life is evil now:Nanking. Dachau."

"And maps can really point to placesWhere life is evil now:Nanking. Dachau."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Evil, History, Suffering, War

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"There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come."

"There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does."

"No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"The evil thing is inside, not out."

"The evil thing is inside, not out."

Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

Evil, Truth, Life, Darkness

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"The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person."

"The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"Who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men? A copper, that's who. (...)You saw how close men lived to the beast. You realized that people like Carcer were not mad. They were incredibily sane. They were simply men without a shield. They'd looked at the world and realized that all the rules didn't have to apply to them, not if they didn't want them to. They weren't fooled by all the little stories. They shook hands with the beast."

"Who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men? A copper, that's who. (...)You saw how close men lived to the beast. You realized that people like Carcer were not mad. They were incredibily sane. They were simply men without a shield. They'd looked at the world and realized that all the rules didn't have to apply to them, not if they didn't want them to. They weren't fooled by all the little stories. They shook hands with the beast."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Evil, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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"Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there."

"Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"She's had a long life of experience in noticing evil, fancying evil, suspecting evil and going forth to do battle with evil."

"She's had a long life of experience in noticing evil, fancying evil, suspecting evil and going forth to do battle with evil."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Evil, Experience, Battle, Truth

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"Hitler is the human catch-all for all other terrible humans."

"Hitler is the human catch-all for all other terrible humans."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Evil, History, Humanity, Warning

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