" The wheels of evil will keep turning even during the apocalypse. That’s what I’ve realized. People will keep gossiping, kowtowing to their bosses, rescuing their TV sets and astrakhan coats. Just before the world ends, human beings will be exactly the same as they are now. The same as always. "

― Svetlana Alexievich , Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster