The setup and the #SundaySentence:

"I don't know if he's right, but I recognize the desire, a longing that animates dystopian fiction as well as doomsday cults, the yearning for a force to bring people together. It's not that we crave disaster, it's that we don't know how to join hands."

Sofia Samatar, The White Mosque

Note: the 'he' in the first sentence is Dipesh Chakrabaty.
#quote #TheWhiteMosque #SofiaSamatar