Amanda Brenner

“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

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

“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

“Look at me." Rosalind speaks very quietly. "Look at the way I choose to live. Ask yourself just how tough a person has to be to live like this.”
― H.P. Wood, Magruder's Curiosity Cabinet