P.62 Their intellectual horizon was therefore largely formed from
headlines in the Guardian or the New York Times, which happened to be the
same newspapers their Greek, Dutch and Belgian friends read. In their
world, Barack Obama’s speeches and high school shootings existed far more
vividly than the laws passed just a few U-Hahn stations away, or the
refugees drowning two hours’ flight south.
P.110 But then, had they really chosen it? The reason they had tolerated,
even loved the work, they will tell themselves, is because the
repetitiveness provided a counterbalance tot the limitless growth and
broad horizons of the rest of their days. Now, they will realise, nothing
remains but the work.