Sure, I want to survive, if that's what you mean by selfish, but I just want a normal, peaceful life.

[A lot of people are like that, he's not arguing.]

I don't see how not letting people read books is helping at all.

How am I supposed to learn which plants I can eat if I can't bring the books with plant pictures outside? If somebody gets poisoned, it'll be your fault.

[The only thing Farlan ever talks about on the journals is food production and distribution--somehow it always comes back to that.]

What's this "new thing" we're supposed to add, anyway? What are you going to say is good enough? Do we have to have a new new thing every time?