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only people who think they have a future fear death.
They’re afraid because we exist, she says. There’s nothing we did to provoke their fear, other than exist. There’s nothing we can do to earn their approval, except stop existing—so we can either die like they want, or laugh at their cowardice and go on with our lives.
People need other people to live.
But there are none so frightened, or so strange in their fear, as conquerors. They conjure phantoms endlessly, terrified that their victims will someday do back what was done to them—even if, in truth, their victims couldn’t care less about such pettiness and have moved on. Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.
For some crimes, there is no fitting justice—only reparation.
if you love someone, you don’t get to choose how they love you back.”
But for a society built on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.
