# Quote — Jaroslav Kalfar, Spaceman of Bohemia

> In this future, we were free of systems. Other humans went on to become symbols, sacrificed their lives to serve. Other humans handled the torture, the coups, the healing. We simply sowed, harvested, and drank a bit before dinner. No one tried to take what was ours. We had too little. We were invisible, and in this slower life we were our own gods.

- Author: [Jaroslav Kalfar](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jaroslav-kalfar.md)
- Book: [Spaceman of Bohemia](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jaroslav-kalfar/spaceman-of-bohemia.md)
- Page: 271
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jaroslav_Kalfa%C5%99#Spaceman_of_Bohemia_(2017)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jaroslav-kalfar/spaceman-of-bohemia/in-this-future

## More from this book

> His presence was soothing, but his existence incomprehensible.

p. 110 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jaroslav-kalfar/spaceman-of-bohemia/his-presence-was.md)

> “Do you feel free?”
>
> “I feel like I’ve lost too much.”
>
> “Freedom can feel that way.”

p. 240 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jaroslav-kalfar/spaceman-of-bohemia/do-you-feel.md)

> “My father never did anything else after that,” Valerie said. “Mostly, he became a drunk. But a man only needs one thing to be proud of. It will carry him through the rest of his life.”

p. 216 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jaroslav-kalfar/spaceman-of-bohemia/my-father-never.md)