ambivalence between good and evil Quotes

“Kindness, merely as such, cares not whether its object becomes good or bad, provided only that it escapes suffering.”

“Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you are good, bad things can still happen. And if you are bad, you can still be lucky.”

“And if she was, then Grisha weren’t inherently evil. They were like anyone else—full of the potential to do great good, and also great harm. To ignore that would make Matthias the monster.”