“The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.”
- Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
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all this time I have been speaking
to nothing but wildnessand now wildness is answering—
— Kazim Ali, from “Chasm,” The Fortieth Day
“And the world we live in will be either better or worse, depending on whether we become better or worse. And that’s where the power of love comes in. Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.”
- Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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