Deborah C.

“...There were dozens of construction projects where members were coerced into working in dangerous conditions for free...We were paying for the privilege of being forced to build for Sharon and others. The projects always involved impossible deadlines set arbitrarily by Sharon or other leaders...I'll never forget the sight of 65-year-old Joni, with her chronic illnesses, standing on a 10-foot ladder at 2:30 AM with a paint roller in her hand, furiously painting the ceiling before the 3:00 AM deadline.”
― Spencer Schneider, Manhattan Cult Story: My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival

“Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

“My book is extremely graphic. I make no apologies for it. But it is graphic only because I told the truth about what the Ripper did to his victims.”
― Bernard Schaffer, Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes

“If talent exists, my definition of it is this: it is the capacity to spend innumerable hours doing something and to believe that somehow it matters. And perhaps if God had a hand in it, it was in planting that tenacity in some of us.”
― France Belleville-Van Stone, Sketch!: The Non-Artist's Guide to Inspiration, Technique, and Drawing Daily Life