Sandy Arsenic

“Life, a beauty chased by tragic laughter.”
― John Masefield, King Cole

“Just keep moving forward and don't give a sh** about what anybody thinks. Do what you have to do, for you.”
― Johnny Depp

“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are
presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new
evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is
extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it
is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize,
ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.”
― Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks

“To be shockingly original with your first novel, you don’t have to discover a new technique: Simply write about people as they are and not as the predominantly liberal and humanist literary establishment believes that they ought to be.”
― John Braine, Writing a Novel