Maybe niceness is the wrong metric, I said. Of course....

“ Maybe niceness is the wrong metric, I said. Of course it's really about power, Bobbi agreed. But it's harder to work out who has the power, so instead we rely on 'niceness' as a kind of stand-in. I mean this is an issue in public discourse. We end up asking like, is Israel 'nicer' than Palestine. ”

Sally Rooney

From : Conversations with Friends