We Must Not Think of Ourselves

by Lauren Grodstein

(But, truly, what would be the point of killing all of us? And how on earth could they pull such a thing off? And would the world really . . . let them?)

tragedy is the deaths of thousands.

Not just one, not just your wife—even though, of course, she was your wife, so we can see how her death might seem particularly tragic to you. But on a world level, a world-altering level, the death of thousands will always surpass the death of one.”