Dessous roared with laughter. “Telman! I can’t believe I’m having to tell you this, but life isn’t fair!”
“No, the world isn’t fair, the universe isn’t fair. Physics, chemistry and mathematics, they aren’t fair. Or unfair, for that matter. Fairness is an idea, and only conscious creatures have ideas. That’s us. We have ideas about right and wrong. We invent the idea of justice so that we can judge whether something is good or bad. We develop morality. We create rules to live by and call them laws, all to make life more fair.”
Iain Banks (1954-2013) Scottish author
The Business, ch. 5 (1999)
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The Business, ch. 5 (1999) - Banks, Iain | WIST Quotations
Dessous roared with laughter. "Telman! I can't believe I'm having to tell you this, but life isn't fair!" "No, the world isn’t fair, the universe isn’t fair. Physics, chemistry and mathematics, they aren’t fair. Or unfair, for that matter.WIST Quotations
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