Pamela

“You don't need to pity me. I'm here. And I'm alive. So there's your answer, Chase. When am I giving up? I'm not. I did not give up on myself then. I am not giving up on you now." She smoothed her apron. "Now I'm going to tidy myself up, take the girls for ices, eat two of them myself, and not bring you any. When we return, I'll send Rosamund and Daisy in to visit you, and you will behave. Treat me as you like. But you will not belittle those girls for loving you. I won't allow it. And do not ever waste your breath again with more of that 'lost cause' nonsense. Consider yourself found.”
― Tessa Dare, The Governess Game

“Look. I know you’re just trying to make friendly conversation to fill an awkward silence between strangers, but I’m not big on friendly conversation, and I don’t find silences awkward. In fact I like silences and prefer strangers.”
― Sandra Brown, Tailspin

“Well, science and religion are not competitors, they’re two different languages trying to tell the same story. There’s room in this world for both.”
― Dan Brown, Origin

“All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dosage makes a thing not poison.”
― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything