"If I now recognize evil in other people, is it not because I have become evil too?"

-- Amy Tan

#People Quotes #Evil Quotes

“We really feel the fact of our mortality after we turn forty years old.”
“As the Roman Empire came to its close, all the old gods of the pagan world were seen as demons by the Christians who rose. It was useless to tell them as the centuries passed that their Christ was but another God of the Wood, dying and rising, as Dionysus or Osiris had done before him, and that the Virgin Mary was in fact the Good Mother again enshrined. Theirs was a new age of belief and conviction, and in it we became devils, detached from what they believed, as old knowledge was forgotten or misunderstood.”
“Do not mistake me. I am not yet weak enough to yield to fearful imaginings, which are almost as absurd as illusions of hope, and are certainly harder to bear. If I must deceive myself, I should prefer to stay on the side of confidence, for I shall lose no more there and shall suffer less.”
“In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist has to be radically changed... It means facing a system that does not lend its self to your needs and devising means by which you change that system.”
“It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people.”
“Sports executives are great at convincing themselves whatever they believe is right and simply has to be.”

Source : "The Chat House with Michael Wilbon: Olympics, Wizards, NBA, college basketball and more". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. February 22, 2010.
“I have lived in my body for years and still need maps and lights to find my way to how I feel.”
“This is going to be murder," Fransic whispered to Mr. Trimes. "Pure murder." "I'm glad to see your confidence returning, Mr. Tucket. Just a few minutes ago you were ready to give up. Now you're talking about killing him." "I meant it the other way." "Oh.”

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