Jessika Landon

“The moral of that is, always look under the mats! My friend Hastings here will tell you that anything in the least crooked is a torment to me. As soon as I saw that the hearth-rug was out of the straight, I said to myself: ‘Tiens! The leg of the chair caught it in being pushed back. Possibly there may be something beneath it which the good Françoise overlooked.’ ”
― Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links

“The twenty-first century has produced a climate of sociopolitical unrest and mistrust of long-established institutions, like church, government, Big Pharma, and big business. It’s the perfect societal recipe for making new and unconventional groups—everything from Reddit incels to woo-woo wellness influencers—who promise to provide answers that the conventional ones couldn’t supply seem freshly appealing.”
― Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

“Her involvement in two infamous cults notwithstanding, Laura seemed totally level-headed when we spoke. Energetic and curious, she reminded me of half the girls I went to liberal arts college with.”
― Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

“once had a therapist tell me that flexibility without structure isn’t flexibility at all; it’s just chaos.”
― Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism