"It wasn't supposed to be like this, damn it! All three of our species have empathy, we have sympathy, we have a sense of fairness - the Babyeaters even tell stories like we do, they have art. Shouldn't that be enough? Wasn't that supposed to be enough? But all it does is put us into enough of the same reference frame that we can be horrible by each others' standards."
That's brilliant. Can I use this quote in a sci-fi alien story I'm writing, if I ever finish and publish it?
The reason I love it so much is because I've been thinking something ... (read more)
"It wasn't supposed to be like this, damn it! All three of our species have empathy, we have sympathy, we have a sense of fairness - the Babyeaters even tell stories like we do, they have art. Shouldn't that be enough? Wasn't that supposed to be enough? But all it does is put us into enough of the same reference frame that we can be horrible by each others' standards."
That's brilliant. Can I use this quote in a sci-fi alien story I'm writing, if I ever finish and publish it?
The reason I love it so much is because I've been thinking something ... (read more)