“Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear, and superstition. By the year 2050, when the conflict began, the world had fallen upon fearful, superstitious times.” WorldYearsHumansProblemFacesSpiritBeliefFearDifferencesAbilityTypeConflictOptimismCuriosityOptimisticUncertaintyFallenFragileFearfulSuperstitionsHuman SpiritSuperstitious Author:Bernard Beckett
“I try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed.” TryingMindHas BeensFacesSurprise Author:Bernard Beckett
“The more the media peddled fear, the more the people lost the ability to believe in one another. For every new ill that befell them, the media created an explanation, and the explanation always had a face and a name. The people came to fear even their closest neighbors. At the level of the individual, the community, and the nation, people sought signs of others’ ill intentions; and everywhere they looked, they found them, for this is what looking does.” PeopleBelieveDoeFacesFoundNamesIndividualLostNationsCommunityAbilityLevelsMediaIntentionIllNeighborExplanationClosest Author:Bernard Beckett
“Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism.” HumansFacesSpiritAbilityOptimismCuriosityUncertaintySuperstitionsAnticipationHuman SpiritSuperstitious Author:Bernard Beckett
