Athena

“Earning money was a means to an end: to support the household and let her family live happily. But capitalist society lulls us into believing our wages are a goal in themselves, turning us into slaves of money. We forget that as crucial as money may be, there are even more important things that we can’t afford to lose.”
― Chan Ho-Kei, Second Sister

“Not just people on the internet—people, period.” N shook his head. “The internet is a tool. It can’t make people or things good or evil, just like a knife can’t commit murder. It’s the person holding the knife—or maybe the evil thought animating the person with the knife. You talk about people on the internet as a way of avoiding reality. People are never willing to admit to the selfishness and desire hidden with our human nature. They always find something to use as a scapegoat.”
― Chan Ho-Kei, Second Sister

“But human beings naturally love expressing their opinions more than they want to understand other people. We always talk too much and listen too little, which is why the world is so noisy. Only when we understand this will we finally see progress in the world. That’s when humanity will be ready to use the internet as a tool.”
― Chan Ho-Kei, Second Sister

“The word he hated most in the world was “justice.” Which wasn’t to say he didn’t know the difference between good and evil—but he understood that rather than simplistic morality, most conflict in the world arose from differences of opinion, with both sides raising the flag of justice and claiming to be on the side of reason. This allowed them to justify the most underhanded means as “a necessary evil” to defeat the other side—the law of the jungle, essentially. N had a deep understanding of this. He had money, status, power, and talent, so he could do pretty much whatever he wanted and other people would see him as an avatar of “justice”—but he knew that keeping others down in the name of justice is another form of bullying.”
― Chan Ho-Kei, Second Sister