Ronnie✨

“So you’re saying people are too stupid?” Basri asked. “Not just that,” Miriam said. “It’s denial. Selfishness. Magical thinking. We are not rational beings. We seek comfort rather than a clear-eyed stare into reality. We consume and preen and convince ourselves that if we keep our heads in the sand, the monsters will just go away. Simply put, we refuse to help ourselves as a species. We refuse to do what must be done.”
― Blake Crouch, Upgrade

“We don’t have an intelligence problem. We have a compassion problem. That, more than any other single factor, is what’s driving us toward extinction.”
― Blake Crouch, Upgrade

“Reality has no power against a collective delusion,”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Nemesis

“Faith can inspire greatness, but it can be used to justify breathtaking cruelties.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Empress