Tammy

“I thought at times that poetry might be an elegant way of screaming.”
― Kathleen Rooney, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

“Some ladies had them for favourites or pets; but they were found mischievous and dangerous. Their morality was easy,—but difficult to understand; compounded of three-fourths sentiment—nine-tenths selfishness, twelve-ninths instinct, self-devotion, metaphysics, and cant. ‘Twas hard to come at a common denominator. John Bull, with his four rules of vulgar arithmetic, could never make it out; altogether he never could abide these foreign bores. Thought ‘em confounded dull too—Civilly told them so, and half asleep bid them “prythee begone”
― Maria Edgeworth, Thoughts on Bores: 'Wit is often its own worst enemy''

“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

“Never assume you know where someone else is coming from.”
― Blake Crouch, Wayward