Olivia

“there is only one unpardonable sin--deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.”
― Truman Capote, The Thanksgiving Visitor

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“What other creatures are bred so exquisitely and purposefully for mistreatment as women are?”
― Euripides, Medea