The world is condensing, attention spans narrowing to tiny screens, and there are people who are wittier and smarter, who know how to write for those… - Lauren Beukes

And the bitch about the new world order: it requires money, same as the old one. She feels betrayed by all the apocalypses of pop culture that promised abandoned cities ripe for the looting.

Sometime I think I'd like to torture him to death. Other times, I think I'd forgive him. Because that would be worse.

Everyone lives three versions of themselves; a public life, a private life and a secret life. Watch any kid and how he acts with his friends at school. Ask his momma what he’s like at home. Try and get her to believe the same kid robbed the corner store. “Not my boy,” she’ll say and she’s right. Because her boy wouldn’t do that. But we are different things to different people in different contexts.