Means that as long as your evil thoughts remain thoughts, then you won't be punished or thought less of by people.
But if your actions are evil, then you will be punished and considered evil by other people, even if your intentions weren't evil (although perhaps get a lesser sentence in court).
<span>"crops withered, curled up, then died under the thirsty sun"
</span><span>"morning in July a hurricane came out of the east snapping their roots and tearing them out of the earth"
</span><span>"a voice that seemed to rumble out of the earth itself"</span>
Hopes that their love and marriage will influence their families to stop hating each other?