" But he never asked anything about the Berbers, who seemed to him to be elements of an immoveable décor and nothing else. A form of statuary. Of course, he affected to be concerned about them, because that is what everyone nowadays was taught to do. But he really detested wasting any breath on them. They were a source of terrorism, of course; that made them interesting during heated debates. "

― Lawrence Osborne , The Forgiven