How, in this day and age, can any one of you claim to be better than your fellow human beings?
Because we are, said Marilyn Deighton-True with a shrug. Face reality, Giles, or it will face you. You can spout all the socialiste nouveau crap you like, but it simply doesn't apply to a meritocracy.


Chapter 6, Alec and His Friends (p. 106) - The Life of the World to Come (2004)


How, in this day and age, can any one of you claim to be better than your fellow human beings? Because we are, said Marilyn Deighton-True with a...

How, in this day and age, can any one of you claim to be better than your fellow human beings? Because we are, said Marilyn Deighton-True with a...

How, in this day and age, can any one of you claim to be better than your fellow human beings? Because we are, said Marilyn Deighton-True with a...

How, in this day and age, can any one of you claim to be better than your fellow human beings? Because we are, said Marilyn Deighton-True with a...