Men who believe in good and evil, and who believe that good should win, should watch for those moments when it is possible to play God

John Irving
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  1. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. - Unknown

  2. There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it. - J.k. Rowling

  3. I have never met any really wicked person before. I feel rather frightened. I am so afraid he will look just like every one else. - Oscar Wilde

  4. And this is the forbidden truth, the unspeakable taboo - that evil is not always repellent but frequently attractive; that it has the power to make of us not simply victims, as nature and accident do, but active accomplices. - Joyce Carol Oates

  5. It's worse than treachery. He's using force. Is that worse than guile? - Pamela Dean

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  1. It´s natural to want someone you love to do what you want, or what you think would be good for them, but you have to let everything happen to them. You can't interfere with people you love any more than you're supposed to interfere with...

  2. If you care about something you have to protect it — If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

  3. My life is a reading list.

  4. It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

  5. It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change.

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