Montero Quotes

Because, once again, our government - and I'm speaking not just of the regional government, but of the planetary one as well - is concealing information. Concealing it, or what would be even worse, it's not aware of it, because we're in the hands of the most incompetent politicians humanity has ever had in its history. ~ Rosa Montero

Octavius Augustus became the first Roman emperor because the republic granted him enormous powers. And why did the republic do that? Why did it commit suicide to make way for an empire? Tacitus explains it thus: Cuncta fessa. Which means 'the whole world is tired.' Weariness in the face of political and social insecurity is what led to Rome losing its rights and freedoms. Fear induces a hunger for authoritarianism in people. Fear is a really bad adviser. And now look around you, Bruna: everyone's afraid. We're living in critical times. Our democratic system is also on the verge of suicide. Sometimes nations opt to throw themselves into the abyss. ~ Rosa Montero

Having extreme physical beauty presented a problem similar to being rich: it was difficult to know if people loved you for the person you were inside. ~ Greg Mongrain

People's true nature comes to the fore as soon as things start to go wrong. ~ Rosa Montero

People believe in conspiracies because it's a way of believing that deep down, horror has some order and meaning, even if that meaning is evil. We don't support chaos, but there's no question that life is ~ Rosa Montero

Birds of a feather always ended up sticking together. ~ Rosa Montero