David Z

“She had racked her piecemeal recollection of her species' history and found only a hierarchy of destruction: of her species devastating the fauna of planet Earth, and then turning on its own sibling offshoots, and then at last, when no other suitable adversaries remained, tearing at itself. Mankind brooks no competitors, She has explained to them — not even its own reflection.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time

“Everyone carries some kind of baggage–just as you shouldn't discriminate against someone for their birth or upbringing, you shouldn't pity or envy them, either.”
― NisiOisiN, Bakemonogatari, Part 3: Monster Tale

“Like most men with a vision, a plan, a program or a remedy, he fondly imagined people to be intelligent enough to accept a good thing when it was offered to them, which was conclusive evidence that he knew little about the human race.”
― George S. Schuyler, Black No More

“They speak about 'right' or 'wrong' as vehemently and passionately as if they believed that these names represented real existences, and that a human figure is really capable of choosing between them.”
― Edwin A. Abbott, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions