Kris

“When enough people don't believe you, it is so much harder to hold on to that brilliant light that is the belief in yourself.

It was hard for River to hold on to it, but they had to.

Especially in The Otherwoods, in all its terrifying proof. And if River didn't have their identity, the things that made them happy, they'd have nothing to believe in at all. And believing was what had saved them their whole life.”
― Justine Pucella Winans, The Otherwoods

“If all of your options are terrible,” he said slowly, “then that is a trap of a different sort, isn’t it?”
― Olivia Atwater, Ten Thousand Stitches

“Vera should be content. And she is, really. But she's also kind of - dare she say it - bored.
Sometimes, all an old lady wants is a murder to solve. Is that too much to ask for ?”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man]

“You were lost and so was he, from the sounds of it. And so was I, in fact. We were all just groping around in the dark, trying to find our way out of the tunnel. You did the best you could. You provided him with a safe place to go to and good food to eat.”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man)