Angel of Light / Angel of Darkness
Beautiful is the Angel of Light
as soft as the petals of a rose
afire with the light of goodness
precious one of pink satin and lace
voice like velvet
her touch as gentle as a feather
no harm would ever come to her
sweet Child of Heaven
Beautiful and wicked Angel of Darkness
hard from a lifetime of pain and regret
burning bright, glowing from the light of ill fate
vile temptress and mother of evil
the devilsimp
her voice the shrill cry of a thousand souls lost
her touch as hot as brimstone
forever scarred forever hated
Goddess of Darkness and Misfortune
together and forever locked in an embrace
sisters of night and day
brought together to become one torn soul
and that soul belongs to me
            Princess Kathryn(Blue Moon)


There is no such thing as darkness; what seems so vast and overwhelming is nothing more than the absence of light.
 

There is no salvation without destruction. No hope this side of death.
 

Evil is not an abstract concept. It lives. It has a human form. It stalks. It is too real.
 

Perhaps the evil in human beings isn't a reflection of the devil; perhaps the devil is only a reflection of the savagery and brutality of our own kind. Maybe what we have done is create the devil in our own image.
 

The human species has a knack for creating monsters, and the beasts themselves often have a talent for hiding away behind convincing masks of sanity.
 

There lives in each of us a monster. The capability to perform a hideously wrong act. All we have, within ourselves, is the belief that we are, and our concept of good is stronger than the monstrosity of evil. Once we lose that belief, we are lost to that evil.
 

There is always a darker shadow lurking beneath the one whose face you can see.
 

Goodness whispers, evil shouts.
 

The beast of hell walks among us in the clothes of a common man.
 

We come from darkness, and to darkness we must return.
 

Evil is always possible. Goodness is eternally difficult.
 

The black heart does not beat alone.
 

Pestilence, disease, and war haunt this sorry place, and nothing lasts forever; that's a truth we all must face.
 

Evil needs no encouragement or strength. Just acquiescence.
 

Evil is most dangerous when looked upon as commonplace.
 

Hollywood Vampires
From velvet night came forth
our torch burns eternal
for time is but a dream
and our mischief be infernal.
Black Angels watch over
neglecting the living but not the undead
for their blood shall keep us fed.
Hark the electric thunder
drawn like a moth to a flame
to a place of wicked wonder
...and Hollywood be thy name.
            L.A. Guns
 

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.

I said "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter - bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter
And because it is my heart."
            Stephen Crane
 

There are monsters inside every one of us, only waiting for an excuse to get out.
 

We are all watchers, guarding against the dark.
 

What base animal instinct in us drives us, forces us to continue living when it would be easier to sit down and die?
 

What if death was the end, and hauntings came about only when tenacious souls would not accept it? It is awful to think that the spirit world is a dim and chaotic afterglow before the ultimate darkness.
 

Once brought so far out of it's cage, a man's evil is reluctant thereafter to be contained.
 

Like one that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turned round walks on,
And turns no more his head;
Because he knows a frightful fiend
Doth close behind him tread.
            Coleridge
 

Darkness devours every shining day.
Darkness demands and always have its way.
Darkness listens, watches, waits.
Darkness claims the day and celebrates.
Sometimes in silence darkness comes.
Sometimes with a gleeful banging of drums.
 

There are no explanations for human evil.
Only excuses.
 

Evil is short-lived. Never judge of the whole round of life by the mere segment you can see. The whole is, in the end, perfect.
            Frank Norris
 

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
            The Usual Suspects
 

Why is it that evil must so often come beautifully wrapped?
            Professor Charles Xavier
 

Is the end of the world a-coming?
Is that the devil they hear humming?
Are those doomsday bells a-ringing?
Is that the Devil they hear singing?
Or are their dark fears exaggerated?
Are these doom-criers addlepated?

Those who fear the coming of all Hells
Are those who should be feared themselves.
 

Whether angels or devils pursue me
In the dark I cannot tell...
            Romanian song, 13th Century
 

Faith and feelings are the warm marrow of evil. Unlike reason, faith and feelings provide no boundary to limit any delusion, any whim. They are a virulent poison, giving the numbing illusion of moral sanction to every deparavity ever hatched. Faith and feelings are the darkness to reason's light.
 

There is a poison that distils itself out of good things.
            Bram Stoker
 

Maggots will always enter some fruit - even on the finest tree.
            David Gemmel - "Sword in the Storm"
 

Evil isn't done by evil people, most of the time. Evil is done by basically decent people who decide that a little lie, a little theft, a little slide down the back slope couldn't do any harm.
            David Drake - "Queen of Demons"
 

 

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