" had been part of an organization that promoted isolation from the outside world, that cultivated the “us versus them” ethic. I had been part of the cult of the blue religion and now I was out, excommunicated, part of the outside world. I had no badge. I was no longer part of us. I was one of them. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)