Ann Brashares Quotes

When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.

Sometimes you have to do what’s wrong in order to do what’s right.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

If the end does not justify the means, what does?

The end must justify the means.

I never think the ends justify the means.

There are worse things than a lie... I have found... that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may be shunned.

Revolting means for good ends make the ends of themselves revolting.

But the path you end up on means that you have to close a lot of doors, too.

The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Our world is at the crossroads. We have a choice, right and wrong.

You make a deal. You figure out how much sin you can live with.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different kinds of right.

Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.

One of the things I liked about playing Tony Gates in 'Line of Duty' was that I don't think he gave much thought to justifying his actions until he was under investigation.

If you had to pick between being moral and successful, obviously I'd choose to be moral. However if you can choose both, will you choose both? I'd say definitely.

The hardest decisions in life are not between good and bad or right and wrong, but between two goods or two rights.

For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

Of two evils choose the prettier.