"I told you he was a bad seed several hundred years ago."

After the first third of the book you will begin to ask, Is this girl, in fact, simply a "bad seed"?

"Are you saying I am the product of a bad seed?"

At 35, Nina is the bad seed come of age.

Either out of rebellion or simply because he's another bad seed.

Is it possible to judge which adolescents are simply "bad seeds"?

"What are your thoughts about the concept of the bad seed?"

He wasn't a bad seed, either, not born in his father's image.

The bad seed is probably laughing at his brother for being such a sucker.

I'm not saying everyone is a knight in shining armor, but the real bad seeds are few and far between.