“Mouse was the truest friend I ever had. And if there is such a thing as true evil, he was that too.”

“Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest!”

“His mother had often told Lock that he was much too polite to ever be a true intellectual.”

“I understood, then, where his madness had come from: He, too, had experienced the loss of the good and the victory of the evil.”

“God-fucking-damn but he was seriously good-looking. “Have you ever had the stuffed pancakes here? They’re evil. I highly recommend them.”“Heh. The cop is recommending evil,” I said. “Too funny.”To my surprise, Ivanov chuckled. “You’ve discovered my dark side.”

“Lord Manu had said it's not people who are evil. True evil exists beyond them. It attracts people. It causes confusion amongst its enemies. But Evil in itself is too big to be confined to to just a few.”