Pattie

“There is only darkness, starless and complete. The waves glitter like a million dull knives.”
― Iain Banks, The Bridge

“You have to decide who you are, little girl, she told me once. Once you know that, everyone else will too.”
― Megan Abbott, Queenpin

“If you accept life dully, you can go through it moving not among things but among words.”
― William Golding

“Catholics and Communists have committed great crimes, but at least they have not stood aside, like an established society, and been indifferent. I would rather have blood on my hands than water like Pilate.”
― Graham Greene, The Comedians