Only Human (Themis Files, #3)

by Sylvain Neuvel

But stop asking the question if you don’t care about the answer.

People are compliant because they don’t expect the system to be fair.

If you see something wrong with the world, fix it. Fight. Resist.

I’m a scientist. I find beauty in absolutes. I love the clarity of math, its unwavering dependability. Math will never say one thing and do another one. It will never harm you on purpose because its only purpose is truth.

But, man, did she sound entitled! The tone. The posture. The demeanor. It felt as if she’d been waiting her whole life to look down on someone.

I can’t make the forest grow faster because I want it to. I can’t will it to grow. It takes time. I hoped it could happen during my lifetime, but I don’t think it can. All I can do is plant some seeds, take care of the seedlings, and hope someone else does it after I’m gone.