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Mary Doria Russell

“What is it in humans that makes us so eager to believe ill of one another? ... What makes us so hungry for it? Failed idealism, he suspected. We disappoint ourselves and then look around for other failures to convince ourselves: it's not just me. (15)”

Mary Doria Russell, Children of God
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Children of God (The Sparrow, #2) Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
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