The planet doesn't hate you," Theo had once said. "But its intimacies are fatal. - Robert Charles Wilson

I suppose he could have said this more gently, but what would be the point?

Don’t be upset. The world is full of surprises. We’re all born strangers to ourselves and each other, and we’re seldom formally introduced.

A lot of people have made political careers out of religious piety and the fear of foreigners, but that won’t last. Not enough foreigners or miracles to sustain the crisis.