Gleanings (Arc of a Scythe)

by Neal Shusterman

For if my study of human nature has taught me anything, it is that truth and conviction are not comfortable bedfellows, and what one believes will often cast out that which is true.

If you had all the time in the world to learn whatever you wanted—and people now did—did knowledge lose its meaning? And if everything was now just for fun, was anything for serious?

If there’s one thing losing my husband taught me, it’s that everything can—and will—change in an instant. People, truths, whole realities. The trick is deciding if a certain change is good, or bad, or some other thing we don’t yet have words for.”

we love humanity. But we know not to coddle it. Humanity must accept the consequences of its own actions. We cannot—should not—protect it from itself.