Evil Quote by Elizabeth Hardwick

“Certain houses, like certain persons, manage somehow to proclaim at once their character for evil. In the case of the latter, no particular feature…

— Algernon Blackwood

“Almost any house, caught unexpectedly or at an odd angle, can turn a deeply humorous look on a watching person; even a mischievous little…

— Shirley Jackson

“Children wandered the streets below, dressed as witches and skeletons and beings with magical powers. Yes. All Hallow’s Eve. So innocent, so trusting: a…

— Richard Gleaves

“In an old house,' he said, 'there is sometimes an atmosphere of evil.' 'That's it, sir,' said Ellen, eagerly. 'Evil. Bad thoughts and bad…

— Agatha Christie

Evil is also not anything small or close to home, and not the worst; otherwise one could grow accustomed to it.

— Anonymous

Two evils, monstrous either one apart, Possessed me, and were long and loath at going: A cry of Absence, Absence, in the heart, And…

— John Crowe Ransom

Full many mischiefs follow cruel wrath; Abhorred bloodshed and tumultuous strife Unmanly murder and unthrifty scath, Bitter despite, with rancor's rusty knife; And fretting…

— Edmund Spenser

Evil almost always starts with small cruelties.

— Will Schwalbe

If there were a clear prospect that such evils were part of a barbarian past, then at least we might find a small crumb…

— Simon Conway Morris

Evil is a miscellaneous collection of nasty things that nasty people do.

— Richard Dawkins

Evil working in subtler fashion; marriages that proved to be no more then legalized slavery, and the careful manipulation of a bright and sensitive…

— Mercedes Lackey

Evil was seductive and easy, and virtue was difficult and unappreciated.

— Melissa de la Cruz