"I am haunted by humans"
The quote from Markus Zusak's, The Book Thief, remains so eerily relevant no matter how much time has passed since the horrors of WW2 or even the publication of the work.
It has been 76 years since the end of WW2 and 16 years since the publication of the Book Thief. But its message remains as relevant as ever, it's story unforgettable.
But even as years will pass and I will surely forget the plot of one of the few books that made me sob, leaving me in shock with an empty feeling in my chest as I finished the last few pages, I know that I will never forget this quote.
As every day when I open social media or look at the news, my hope for the world and for the future decreases a little bit more. Everything that is wrong with our world is because of people. Any problem in our world that you can name as been caused by humans. No matter how many individuals are good, there are just the same amount that are bad. And in that kind of world, it is impossible for the world to truly be good and for me to have faith in the human race. In those moments as I read headlines and hear people's stories, the quote rings through my head and I can't help but identify with it. Everyday, I am haunted by humans.
