Tonya Breck

“But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, Fatal Bargain

“...Don't be surprised, and I say it darkly, do not be surprised if you lose your Luke in this cause; perhaps Mrs. Dudley has not yet had her own mid morning snack, and she is perfectly capable of a filet de Luke á la meuniére, or perhaps dieppoise, depending upon her mood; if I do not return" -and he shook his finger warningly under the doctor's nose- "I entreat you to regard your lunch with the gravest suspicion." Bowing extravagantly, as befitted one off to slay a giant, he closed the door behind him.”
― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

“Our beliefs do not sit passively in our brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a key role in shaping how we see the world.”
― Richard Wiseman, Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There

“It truly sucks to doubt your friends when you only have one or two of them, I realized.”
― Lilith Saintcrow, Working for the Devil