They (McNally Editions)

by Kay Dick

‘Destruction doesn’t count. One can always create again.’

‘Meanwile we carry on. Their tactics are soundly based—on the communal resentment we provoke.’ ‘Jealousy, you mean?’ I asked. ‘No, fear. We represent danger. Non-conformity is an illness. We’re possible sources of contagion. We’re offered opportunities to,’ he gave a slight chuckle, ‘integrate. Refusal is recorded as hostility.’