Amanda Brenner

“How do you take your coffee?” “Dark as night, sweet as sin.”
― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys

“Good. Unusuals can't afford to be anarchists, Zeph. Look at me - I'm a dwarf and a Jew. You're a Negro and legless. Add 'anarchist' and you've got the Trifecta of F***ed. Don't do it.”
― H.P. Wood, Magruder's Curiosity Cabinet

“People always ask, Why does God allow suffering? Why does He allow a child to be beaten? A woman to cry? A holocaust to happen? A good dog to die painfully? Simple truth is, He wants to see for Himself what we’ll do. He’s stood up the candle, put the devil at the wick, and now He wants to see if we blow it out or let it burn down. God is suffering’s biggest spectator.”
― Tiffany McDaniel, The Summer that Melted Everything

“Sad fact is, it doesn't take much to amuse most people. But this is what you need to understand: any good confidence game is built on two pillars - what people want and what they fear.”
― H.P. Wood, Magruder's Curiosity Cabinet