He remembered his mother saying The only right you have with anyone in this life is the right to walk away. He thought about his father’s need to fra… - James S. A. Corey

Humanity was so flawed. Not just her, but everyone. Half the population was below average intelligence. Half below average dedication. Average adherence to duty. The cruel law of statistics. It was astounding that as a race they’d managed as much as they had.

“Thanks for everything,” she said to the universe, as if it had been at the host of a particularly good party that was just winding down.

Like the roaches and the rats, ants had learned to live with their human neighbors without much trouble. When the concrete of human cities spread across the globe and half the animals on Earth were on endangered lists, no one had worried about the ants. They were doing fine, thanks, and spilled fast food was just as plentiful and delicious as dead forest animals had once been.
Adapt or die.