human/nature

"We kill them when we most want to save them and save them when we want to kill them."
-woman talking to me at the cafe about bugs and things.

Two strangers sitting by the window in the sun. We were both shifting uneasily in our chairs when she said that it was progressively getting hotter since she had first sat down. I said I felt like a little bug under a magnifying glass and someone was trying to set me on fire. So we started talking about the vicious little tricks children play on insects. After a lull in the conversation she said this. I looked at her, paused and said "That's so true, and beautiful." She said "Have a nice day" when she left.