‘A buffet is a one-on-one contest.’ ‘Not quite sure what that means.’ ‘It’s a duel. You against the food. You take your plate, consider each item, and ask, “Do I want to eat this or not?”’ ‘Ask who?’ ‘You ask yourself. And if you want it, you take it. It doesn’t really matter if you end up with too much food.’

‘But no one says we should stop driving or riding in cars. It’s funny. In the end, human life comes second. The most important thing is convenience. Convenience is worth more than life itself.’

The fastest way to gain your freedom is to kill your parents. Cicada read that in a novel once. Nowadays, though, the best way to be free is to turn off your phone. So simple it’s stupid.

‘When something’s truly important, people will hear it even if you say it quietly.’

‘Anxiety and anger, those are animal responses,’ his wife used to say. ‘Looking for the underlying reason, or searching for a solution, that’s something only humans do.’

‘Leave something where it is for too long and it starts to go bad, you ever heard that? If the same people hold power forever, they get corrupt, every time. If they’re all the same, that’s even more reason to switch them out on a regular basis. It’s like if you leave water standing too long, it grows algae, which then rots. And it’s pretty rare for

He can’t help but feel that people should be more aware of the fact that they survive by killing and eating other living things.