Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not (Nameless: Season Two #4)

by Dean Koontz

the land clings to its darkness in spite of the moon.

the possibility of being abducted by aliens is not what most worries her at the moment.

because grossly evil people or very stupid people—or evil stupid people—are in charge of almost everything,

evil people are vicious and the stupid people are too clueless to see where all this is going, and the people who are both evil and stupid, well, they’re the worst of all.

She loves her mom, she really does, just as anyone would love a lost kitten,

the city has a disease and everyone who cares about their health has moved out.

being deleted from this world is terrible even if you’re stupid,

Wishing another person dead doesn’t make your own life any longer; it just makes it meaner.

“To the mouse, a trap is a trap,” Asteria says, “but to a mouser, a trap is a weapon.”

This is bullshit, of course, but those who believe in nothing for long enough will eventually believe in anything.

Most people satisfy themselves by strongly opposing little evils, like hurtful words and unpopular ideas and gluttony, where the risk of angering violent people is low.

“You have anything that can be used as a weapon?” she presses. “Books?” he suggests.