Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea.
Bernard BeckettAre you saying a society wracked by plague is preferable to one wracked by indifference?
Bernard BeckettThe mind is not a machine, it is an idea. And the Idea resists all attempts to control it.
Bernard BeckettIn this environment it was a simple matter for The Republic to maintain its structure. People did as they were told because they were working together, focused on a common threat, a shared enemy. But time passes. Fear becomes a memory. Terror becomes routine; it loses its grip.
Bernard Beckett