I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.
That which is evil is soon learned.
I don't like diabolism so I stay away from things like Clockwork Orange. I think diabolism is awfully childish. I don't even want to see The Godfather. I couldn't stand seeing that horse's head cut off. I wouldn't mind if it were Marlon Brando's.
It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked.
Alas, you don't need monsters for monstrous deeds to be accomplished.
Most bad," the host concluded. "If you ask me, something sinister lurks in men who avoid wine, games, the company of lovely women, and dinnertime conversation. Such people are either gravely ill or secretly detest everyone around them.
There's something very sinister about a woman who is predatory but has an absurd voice working as a disservice to her.
Wickedness was like food: once you got started it was hard to stop; the gut expanded to take in more and more.
