Kristiana Muhovska

“Creating special language to influence people’s behavior and beliefs is so effective in part simply because speech is the first thing we’re willing to change about ourselves . . . and also the last thing we let go.”
― Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

“It’s work to think, especially about things you don’t want to think about,” confessed Diane Benscoter, an ex-member of the Unification Church (aka the Moonies, an infamous ’70s-era religious movement). “It’s a relief not to have to.”
― Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

“flexibility without structure isn’t flexibility at all; it’s just chaos.”
― Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

“No one becomes popular by telling people the truth. History records what happened to the true prophets of the past. However, some have listened to their warnings and were not caught off-guard. Others have put their heads in the sand and refused to listen.

August 3,1990
Camp Verde, Arizona”
― Milton William Cooper, Behold a Pale Horse