--- title: "7 Maybe Evil Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Maybe Evil quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Maybe Evil sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76d/gregory-maguire-547_art_for-fun-maybe-evil-is-an-art-form-108304_1083042.png" --- > [For fun? Maybe evil is an art form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/for-fun-maybe-evil-is-an-art-form/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76d/gregory-maguire-547_art_for-fun-maybe-evil-is-an-art-form-108304_1083042.png) > [“In the argument, y’know, between hate and love, it’s really up to each one of us. In our hearts or wherever. Each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lecesne/in-the-argument-y-know-between-hate-and-love-it-s-really-up-to-each/) [James Lecesne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lecesne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/james-lecesne-41770_every-single-day_in-the-argument-y-know-between-hate-and_1547246.png) > [“In the same way that the best lies have an element of truth, maybe evil is made all the more powerful when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-carson/in-the-same-way-that-the-best-lies-have-an-element-of-truth-maybe/) [Rae Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/rae-carson-2613_inspirational-living_in-the-same-way-that-the-best-lies-have_1594234.jpg) > [But she wondered why beautiful things had to be wrapped up with evil history. Or was it the other way around? Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/but-she-wondered-why-beautiful-things-had-to-be-wrapped-up-with-evil/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/rick-riordan-27_annabeth-chase_but-she-wondered-why-beautiful-things-ha_1881473.jpg) > [ “\[after discussion about what evil is, a question asked to Elphaba on why she killed Madame Morrible\] "Why did you do it?"… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/after-discussion-about-what-evil-is-a-question-asked-to-elphaba-on/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/gregory-maguire-547_art-form_after-discussion-about-what-evil-is-a-qu_2190643.png) > [“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) > [“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) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/maybe-evil/#itemlist", "name": "Maybe Evil Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For fun? 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Each of us had to take a stand every single day and say which side we’re on. And I dunno for sure, but maybe the whole purpose of evil in this world is to get people who aren’t really good and who aren’t really bad to stand up and, y’know, be better. 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Rose, I was sure, had acted out of love, yet for Iris her mother's absence had remained an unresolved sadness at the center of her life. I thought of what Rose had written about anger, about its power to corrupt, to make a space for evil. Maybe she was right. Maybe evil, that old-fashioned word, could be called other things, disharmony or dysfunction. Maybe Rose was right and evil wasn't attached top an individual as much as if was a force in the world, a seeing force, one that worked like a self-replicating virus, seeking to entangle, to ensnare, to undo beauty. 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