Mel

“It scares you, though. Let me tell you, don't be scared…of anything. It's not good. It's the root of everything bad—everything. Anger, hate, violence, it all comes from fear. It gums up the world machine, complicates the universe.”
― John F.D. Taff, Earth & Ember

“The short answer to what's going on is that the world is resetting itself, like a computer or an errant piece of machinery. First it purges the problem, then it resets and continues." "What's the problem?" "Fear. Simple as that. Fear. There's so much of it that it's gumming up the system,
obstructing the world from its true purpose.”
― John F.D. Taff, Earth & Ember

“Humanity had spread like a virus, replicating itself again and again until there was no room left for anything else. Sacrifices needed to be made for the rest of the planet to survive. “Time’s up,” the trees sneered.”
― April A. Taylor, Sinkhole

“We were a society dying, said Aunt Lydia, of too much choice.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale