Balance Between Good and Evil/Quotes

"Ben and I assumed that you can label any stance you want as 'preserving the balance' as long as some sort of eerily knowledgeable character is the one making the proclamations."

—Lewis Powell, The Rant for Terror Island Theorem #164

Rose "No! There must be balance! The cycle must be maintained.
Gnarl "I think what that wench is ranting about is that when a force gets out of control, another must rise to stop it."
Rose "There cannot be light without darkness!"

Gnarl "And that darkness would be you, Master!"

—Overlord II

There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.

—The Sirens of Titan

‘Why? Why is there a balance? Why not just have everything good and nothing evil? What’s actually wrong with that?’
‘I...’ He licked his lips and squinted. The golden light seemed to be bothering him. ‘The balance is beyond human understanding, beyond the mere...’

‘You don’t know, do you?’ I let the question hang. ‘You were going to send me back into that volcano, to almost certain death, and you’ve absolutely no idea why.’

—How To Write Badly Well: Base Your Plot on Unsupported Assertions