I came across this great quote of author Orson Scott Card today:
“I am completely uninterested in exploring evil. Evil (and weak and wicked) people are all evil (or weak, or wicked) in the same boring ways. But good people are infinitely interesting in the ways they manage to be good despite all the awful circumstances of their lives.”
Write and tell me what you think of this!
I’m totally with Card on this. I’m bored to tears by the exploration of evil – it’s dull, repetitive, and nastily predictable. But GOOD is interesting. It’s creative, and daring, and surprising. How pleased and amazed are we by the Random Acts of Kindness we encounter?
Evil is childishly selfish and lazy. It takes work, thought, and most of all, strength of character and will to rise above the muck and choose to do good.
Good for Card for recognizing this!
