Chloe Hill

“Really, science is wonderful, but why does it tend to suck all the joyous mystery from the world?”
― Rick Yancey, The Last Star

“At Latham House, we were asked to believe in unlikely miracles. In second chances. We woke up each morning hoping that the odds had somehow swung in our favor.
But that’s the thing about odds. Roll a die twice, and you expect two different results. Except it doesn’t work that way. You could roll the same side over and over again, the laws of the universe intact and unchanging with each turn. It’s only when you consider the past that the odds change. That things become less and less likely.
Here’s something I know because I’m a nerd: up until the middle of the twentieth century, dice were made out of cellulose nitrate. It’s a material that remains stable for decades but, in a flash, can decompose. The chemical compound breaks down, releasing nitric acid. So every time you roll a die, there’s a small chance that it won’t give you a result at all, that instead it will cleave, crumble, and explode.”
― Robyn Schneider, Extraordinary Means

“Life is a circle bound by fear. The fear of the predator. The fear of the prey. Without fear, life would not exist.”
― Rick Yancey, The Last Star

“No matter how well you know someone, there's still a part of them you won't. You can't. Like, ever. A locked room. I don't know.”
― Rick Yancey, The Last Star