Deep stirrings of the human heart, a cherished desire for peace, a conviction that goodness can overcome the apparent triumph of evil» these permeate our civilization. (firstthings.com)
There are triumphs of evil over good as well as the victories of light over darkness. (religion-online.org)
A story which revolves around the kind of choice that every individual must make to be on the side of life rather than death, and which understands that the seeming triumph of the evil one must in the end be endured in love and obedience, can not be dismissed as a neopagan rave - up. (religion-online.org)