How terrifying is the idea that masks can deceive us, and that we may think well of hearts full of falsehood and deception, that you shake hands with a smile while it hides a dagger behind its back, that your words are innocent and your spontaneity is honest while the other party searches for slips in your conversation to use against you..

The terrifying thing is not only that the world has become full of masks, but that you find yourself alone among them, not good at lying or adept at changing colors, that you are pure in a world that feeds on deception, so you feel as if your spontaneity has become a weapon directed at you and not an advantage added to you..

The truly scary thing is to be kind in a time that makes kindness a point of weakness, and to search for safety among people who do not know the meaning of safety..