Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear, and superstition. By the year 2050, when the conflict began, the world had fallen upon fearful, superstitious times.
Bernard BeckettWhich came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea.
Bernard BeckettUnable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst.
Bernard BeckettThe mind is not a machine, it is an idea. And the Idea resists all attempts to control it.
Bernard Beckett