heartlessness

There were not one amongst us who looked forward to being born.
We disliked the rigors of existence, the unfulfilled longings, the enshrined injustices of the world, the labyrinths of love, the ignorance of parents, the fact of dying, and the amazing indifference of the Living in the midst of simple beauties of the universe.
We feared the heartlessness of human beings, all of whom are born blind, few of whom ever learn to see.

The famished road - Ben Okri