Hatred and fear

“I think about it a lot. About hatred, I mean, and fear. I think about it and wonder which comes first. Is hatred born out of fear, or is fear born of hatred? And I wonder what will happen to us, what tomorrow will bring, where all this is headed. I wonder what kind of country we’ll be living in, us and those who come after us. A country that will exist because it hates and fears? A country that will exist in order to hate and fear? And I want to believe in something. I need something to believe in, you know?”

—Christos Ikonomou, Good Will Come from the Sea (translated by Karen Emmerich)

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