He didn’t trust them. But he did trust their greed. - Ian Tregillis

You narrow-minded idiots have mistaken delaying the inevitable for a divinely bestowed right to survive…
You aren't noble survivors of a historical tragedy, you're a lingering curiosity of a bygone age. The last vestige of a primitive past. Dust to be swept away. The difference between you and I, dear Berenice, is that I recognized the broom for what it was. And got out of the way.

Well," he said, "you must be feeling very proud of yourself right now."\n"It occurs to me that I might be an underappreciated genius." She paused to clutch the mast again during a particularly hard gust. "But I'll tell you something. It's not so wonderful, learning you were right all along to suspect the world is conspiring against you.

Have you any idea how long and painful my convalescence was?"\nBerenice shrugged. "Have you any idea how little I care?