--- title: "8 Evil Maybe Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Evil Maybe quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Evil Maybe sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/shane-bauer-277356_ethics_we-take-comfort-in-the-notion-of-an-unbr_691282.jpg" --- > [“We take comfort in the notion of an unbridgeable gulf between good and evil, but maybe we should understand, as Zimbardo's work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-bauer/we-take-comfort-in-the-notion-of-an-unbridgeable-gulf-between-good/) [Shane Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-bauer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/shane-bauer-277356_ethics_we-take-comfort-in-the-notion-of-an-unbr_691282.jpg) > [Some said the original evil was the vacuum caused by the Fairy Queen Lurline leaving us alone here. When goodness removes itself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/some-said-the-original-evil-was-the-vacuum-caused-by-the-fairy-queen/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/gregory-maguire-547_absence_some-said-the-original-evil-was-the-vacu_1864162.png) > [“You're only two handshakes away from evil… Maybe it's the same thing with goodness. We're never far from what's good… It doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-kazinski/you-re-only-two-handshakes-away-from-evil-maybe-it-s-the-same-thing/) [A.J. Kazinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-kazinski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cd/a-j-kazinski-52014_evil_you-re-only-two-handshakes-away-from-evi_2256616.jpg) > [“If we believe that god is the creator of evil, maybe there is evil also in heaven, if that is the case,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bangambiki-habyarimana/if-we-believe-that-god-is-the-creator-of-evil-maybe-there-is-evil/) [Bangambiki Habyarimana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bangambiki-habyarimana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/bangambiki-habyarimana-1099_barbarity_if-we-believe-that-god-is-the-creator-of_2610311.jpg) > [Evil is maybe lying to God. Or better, lying to love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-sexton/evil-is-maybe-lying-to-god-or-better-lying-to-love/) [Anne Sexton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-sexton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ab/anne-sexton-645_evil_evil-is-maybe-lying-to-god-or-better-lyi_2746210.png) > [“Around me the beautiful windows, connecting me to other lives and other times, to things done and also deliberately left undone, stood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-edwards/around-me-the-beautiful-windows-connecting-me-to-other-lives-and/) [Kim Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/kim-edwards-3145_beauty_around-me-the-beautiful-windows-connecti_2885653.png) > [“When goodness removes itself, the space it occupies corrodes and becomes evil, and maybe splits apart and multiplies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/when-goodness-removes-itself-the-space-it-occupies-corrodes-and-2/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/gregory-maguire-547_evil_when-goodness-removes-itself-the-space-i_2974750.png) > [Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/evil-isn-t-the-real-threat-to-the-world-stupid-is-just-as-destructive/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b9/jim-butcher-151_common_evil-isn-t-the-real-threat-to-the-world_3211589.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil-maybe/#itemlist", "name": "Evil Maybe Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We take comfort in the notion of an unbridgeable gulf between good and evil, but maybe we should understand, as Zimbardo's work suggested, that evil is incremental - something we are all capable of, given the right circumstances.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shane Bauer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-bauer/we-take-comfort-in-the-notion-of-an-unbridgeable-gulf-between-good/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/shane-bauer-277356_ethics_we-take-comfort-in-the-notion-of-an-unbr_691282.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/shane-bauer-277356_ethics_we-take-comfort-in-the-notion-of-an-unbr_691282.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/shane-bauer-277356_ethics_we-take-comfort-in-the-notion-of-an-unbr_691282.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We take comfort in the notion of an unbridgeable gulf between good and evil, but maybe we should understand…” — Shane Bauer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some said the original evil was the vacuum caused by the Fairy Queen Lurline leaving us alone here. 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