'Good Is Dull. What Novelist Ever Succeeded In Making A Good Man Interesting? . . . Evil On The Contrary,

'Good is dull. What novelist ever succeeded in making a good man interesting? . . . Evil on the contrary, is exciting and fascinating and alive. It is also very much more mysterious than good. Good can be seen through. Evil is opaque.'

Loved it!

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