Lela

“Now, in general, Stick to the boat, is your true motto in whaling; but cases will sometimes happen when Leap from the boat, is still better.”
― Herman Melville, Moby Dick

“In novels, I have noticed, anonymous letters of a foul and disgusting character are never shown, if possible, to women. It is implied that women must at all cost be shielded from the shock it might give their delicate nervous systems.
I am sorry to say it never occurred to me not to show the letter to Joanna. I handed it to her at once.”
― Agatha Christie, The Moving Finger

“Trust me, the sweet sting of a love refused is powerful enough to send any scribe scrambling for pen and paper.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“There are no rules of social etiquette for questioning an old friend accused of crimes that were so awful.”
― Ann Rule, The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story