Mary

“First you scare them, then you offer them your false hope. It’s disgusting. But it works. And now the politicians, familiar with the power of fear, have bought your potion wholesale.”
― Louise Penny, The Madness of Crowds

“The most important thing in the universe, it turns out, is a complex of subjective and individual approximations. Of tries and fails. Of ideals, and things we do to try to get close to those ideals. It's who we are when nobody is looking.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Machine

“Last man standing," Amos replied with another grin. "It's in my job description.”
― James S.A. Corey, Cibola Burn

“We are all dying, just at different speeds.”
― Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light