“And from time to time, they turned on each other, and were distraught if they saw their fellows failing to join in the noise, for any quiet form of contemplation was thought of as acquiescence to the monster.”
— from Fable, by Teri Cole, as found in Best American Non-Required Reading 2017, page 2
#smallquotes (Cole’s use of fable to remind us how Trump revels in the noise and distraction of social media)