Nothing is certain—that is the first lesson. - Paolo Bacigalupi

All life produces waste. The act of living produces costs, hazards and disposal questions, and so the (Environment) Ministry has found itself in the center of all life, mitigating, guiding and policing the detritus of the average person along with investigating the infractions of the greedy and short-sighted, the ones who wish to make quick profits and trade on others’ lives for it.

Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power.

She does not know how little anyone cares to separate wheat from chaff, when all anyone wants to do is burn a field.