Bernard Beckett said this quote

Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea.

~ Bernard Beckett

In the end, living is defined by dying.

~ Bernard Beckett

But time passes. Fear becomes a memory. Terror becomes routine it loses its grip.

~ Bernard Beckett

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear, and superstition. By the year 2050, when the conflict began, the world had fallen upon fearful, superstitious times.

~ Bernard Beckett