Bernard Werber. Ant day (№ 46620)

I'm afraid peasants, priests and soldiers, I'm afraid of doctors and patients, I'm afraid those who wish me harm and those who wish me well. We are destroying everything they touch. We desecrate what we cannot destroy. Nothing escapes from our unquenchable desire to disfigure. I'm sure the Martians do not come to us because we scare them; they are timid, they are afraid of what we'll do with them what with the animals around us, and ourselves. I do not feel proud of the fact that I am human. I'm afraid I am very afraid of their own kind.