“There is indeed good and there is indeed evil, and both walk the earth. But good has little to do with the forms of religion, and evil has as little to do with so much behavior condemned by religion. Both good and evil vie for the passions of the heart. For love!”

“Not evil. Not any more evil than the colored trees are good.Evil and good reside in the heart, not in trees and water.”

“How can you hope to recognize good and evil for what they truly are if you have no belief in a moral authority greater than yourself?”

“...I once thought I defeated the evil in my heart. I learned something: We can face our demons, burn them up, stomp them into the ground. I turned mine to ashes. But even if you destroy the evidence of evil, you can't heal your heart. Not by yourself.”

“Evil was predictable, always painfully expected.”

“Then as now, evil begins its courtship cloaked in light. And the heart embraces what is should flee. Forgetting it once had a true lover. Love will prove greater than lust. Sacrifice will overcome seduction. And blood will flow.”

“And does man simply choose evil, or does he create it?”