Glenna

“We like to build on the edge, don’t we? Right on the edge of disaster. Because if we don’t, it leaves room for someone else to build between us and whatever it is we desire. We’re all like Icarus in that way.” Ness points toward the natural jetty to the south. “Let’s walk the shell line this way.”
― Hugh Howey, The Shell Collector

“At the time, I simply accepted the change for what it was—a welcome relief—but looking back, it represents as clear an indication as anything about just how much sway Uncle Dave and Aunt Shelly had over people. For months, I’d been tormented and insulted. I’d been embarrassed and harassed. I’d been put in my place and told that I was the lowest of the low. Yet, in spite of all that, it took just one conversation with Aunt Shelly to put things on a path to improvement.”
― Jenna Miscavige Hill, Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

“But I can’t say the words. This is how relationships are most like the things I collect: We build these hard exteriors. We pull ourselves inside, block off the only way in, don’t let anyone see our true selves.”
― Hugh Howey, The Shell Collector

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous