Lisa

“The human brain has a marvelous capacity to screen and sort experience, protecting itself against the unbearable.”
― Rick Yancey, The Last Star

“I am not especially unsophisticated about people, and yet I am so inclined to idealize and idolize the few that I am really attached to. I should know better...”
― Harry Haskell, Maiden Flight

“You're safe here. Perfectly safe. That phrase still haunts me. Haunts me because it's always been a lie. It was a lie before they came and it's still a lie. You're never perfectly safe. No human being on Earth ever is or ever was. To live is to risk your life, your heart, everything. Otherwise, you're just a walking corpse. You're a zombie.”
― Rick Yancey, The Last Star

“Life would be a darned sight simpler if feelings were as easy to patch up as a piece of sailcloth.”
― Harry Haskell, Maiden Flight