#evil

Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#gandalf #goodbye #leaving #sorrow #evil

In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much good, so much evil. Just add water. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#evil

We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#evil

New levels bring new devils. Stay unapologetically committed to your goals and let go of anyone who poisons your spirit. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#devils #goals #poison #spirit #experience

We sat on the dusty floor like that for what felt like hours, our legs intertwined in the kneeling position. Like the demon and the angel reaching for one another on Jet’s arm, I felt half of everything. Half pure, half used. Locked in a dark, beautiful embrace. One I wouldn’t wish on anyone yet one I wouldn’t ever reverse if given the chance. Not when it had the power to save a life. - Skylla Warden ↗

— Rachael Wade

#good #selflessness #beauty

I was modest--they accused me of being crafty: I became secretive. I felt deeply good and evil--nobody caressed me, everybody offended me: I became rancorous. I was gloomy--other children were merry and talkative. I felt myself superior to them--but was considered inferior: I became envious. I was ready to love the whole world--none understood me: and I learned to hate. ↗

— Mikhail Lermontov

#good-and-evil #hate #love

wherever you find the greatest good, you will find the greatest evil, because evil loves paradise as much as good. ↗

— Wallace Stegner

#good #paradise #philosophy #love

Money is the root of all evil.' Then we hear, 'A fool and his money are soon parted.' What are they talking about? If money is so evil, shouldn't it be, 'A wise man and his money are soon parted'? And another thing, how does a fool get money in the first place? I know some fools who have a lot of money, but they won't tell me how they got it, and I won't tell them. ↗

— George Burns

#fool #humor #money #sayings #wisdom

Hell is the impossibility of reason. ↗

— Oliver Stone

#evil #frustration #inquisitive #afterlife

A woman being never at a loss... the devil always sticks by them. ↗

— George Gordon Byron

#lord-byron #misattributed #misattributed-to-poe #woman #devil