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title: "2 Evil Destructive Quotes by 1 author"
description: "Browse 2 Evil Destructive quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Evil Destructive sayings and thoughts."
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> [“The more desperately we try to be good and wonderful and perfect, the more the Shadow develops a definite will to be black and evil and destructive”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-more-desperately-we-try-to-be-good-and-wonderful-and-perfect-the/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“It is as evil as we are positive...the more desperately we try to be good and wonderful and perfect, the more the Shadow develops a definite will to be black and evil and destructive... The fact is that if one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-is-as-evil-as-we-are-positive-the-more-desperately-we-try-to-be/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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