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“Bureaucracy, like taxes, is something that adults are scared of. They would rather spend a day with three ghosts and two monsters than an hour with one bureaucrat. The word *bureaucracy* comes from *bureau*, which is a writing desk. Bureaucracy means "to control people by using writing desks." . . .

*Lots of people know how to read and write, but the bureaucrats also know which documents go into which drawer*. That's their secret power. They can find stuff--and also make stuff disappear. That's how they control people. . . .

*Some people think that those in power rule everybody else with swords and guns*. It's true that warriors with swords and guns are useful for conquering a kingdom. But when you want to rule the kingdom, you need bureaucrats sitting at their desks and moving documents around. . . .

They're the closest things we have to magicians and sorcerers.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Unstoppable Us, Vol. 2: Why the World Isn't Fair

“The fact that things like the dollar, the United States, and ancient Egypt are dreams doesn't mean they're not important. These shared dreams are some of the most important and powerful things in the world. Thanks to them, humans can work together to build cities, bridges, schools, and hospitals.

These dreams can last a very long time, thousands of years even. People die, but their dreams live on because their children and grandchildren keep dreaming the same dreams. You could say *we're all living inside the dreams of dead people*. It's dead people from the past who first dreamed up the money we use, the countries we live in, and the gods we believe in. We could come up with new dreams too so one day, when we're dead, other people might go on living inside our dreams.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Unstoppable Us, Vol. 2: Why the World Isn't Fair

“f you're not sure which stories need changing, you can ask that important question: does this story cause suffering?

If a story causes a great deal of suffering, be very careful about that story. Best of all, talk to someone who's suffering because of it, and ask them to tell you *their* story. Than open your mind and your ears . . . and listen.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Unstoppable Us, Vol. 2: Why the World Isn't Fair

“Humans and monsters both understand stories about magic and marvel and myth are made interesting by their stemming from trauma and violence and blood.”
― Jade Song, Chlorine