Quotes About Evil

Kyle took in a breath. "While you were doing freaky stuff with Adam—as fine as he is—did you figure out where he is?" I shook my head, and he sighed. "That's good." I raised my eyebrow. He grinned, tiredly. "That would have been useful, Mercy. And having something freaky and useful would have been too good and sent the spirits of evil gods on our tail." I stared at him.

that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.

We know," she whispered to him. "We who have been hurt, we know what evil looks like. We know you make us safe.

Only an evil man needs to fear a good man.

Never accept the blame for what evil people do. We are all responsible for our own actions.

Anna shook her head. 'Never accept the blame for what evil people do. We are all responsible for our own actions.

As for other mischief—my song has claimed this place for now. No evil may enter without invitation. They cannot come in." He glanced beyond us, behind Adam and me, toward the basement. "Not for a while.

Oh, I just adore nasties.

All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.

All honor to him, then...To die killing one of the dark-bound evils is not a bad thing, Mercy.

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing'

was in a battle for my soul, and the evil spirit that was trying to possess me has been, very slowly, winning." He smiled broadly, raised his glass at Anna, and said, "Until today.

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.

But how can the devil be stopped when he lives inside you?

Silence in the face of evil is itself evil," he would later write. "Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."2

A person who is headstrong enough to open their eyes and their heart to the full depth and weight of the world is inviting in everything out there - both evil and good, both dark and light, and the sheer bravery of that openness enables them to gain profound insight into the human condition. It also fucks them up. It may even make them more prone to stick their head in an oven than to engage in self-promotional chitchat on Jay Leno.

God is love, and when we pray we are drawing near to love, and all our hatred must melt away like the snow melts when the sun shines on it in spring. Leave Lucien to God, Annette. He rewards both good and evil, but remember, He loves Lucien just the same as He loves Dani.

Old, beautiful words – 'From envy, hatred, malice and all uncharitableness – Good Lord deliver us.' How many of the people who make a glib response have really turned away from the evil in their thoughts before it breaks into word or open deed?

I never heard voices. It possibly could have been the devil. I don't know, but I do know that at the time I formulated my decisions to kill, thoughts of the devil never entered into it. I knew something was compelling me to act, but I figured that it was my own selfish, sick need to gratify myself in this way. I just don't know.

For who needs devils when you have men?

So the good prince was a murderer and the evil queen wasn't a witch after all.

The great trick of the devil is to make you want to see him. But it is only when you see him that you fear him. And by then, it is too late.

The devil tells the best stories.

You imagine the devil, you make the devil.