Katy

“It had often struck Facecream how cults, whether of a political or religious nature, always preached equality and happiness while fostering fear. It had been the same with the Maoists, who relied so heavily on women and children to fill their ranks. Party propaganda spoke endlessly about the Communist ideal of equality, while hierarchy maintained strict discipline and unquestioning allegiance.”
― Tarquin Hall, The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing

“It's the vegetation. With all the rain and hurricanes, everything has grown back more lush than before."
"Mother Nature repaired Louisiana faster than FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers," said Ava.”
― Laura Childs, Frill Kill

“The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.”
― John Dufresne

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt, Strenuous Life