Rhonda

“The wisdom of the most sagacious ancient Greeks, the wisdom of the most perceptive rabbis of ancient Canaan, and all the parables of Christ teach us to believe not in justice, but in truth. In a world of rampant lying, where so many lies are used to inflame passions and justify false grievances, the indiscriminate pursuit of justice leads sooner or later to insanity, mass murder, and the ruin of entire civilizations.”
― Dean Koontz, Deeply Odd

“there were two types of survivors in life: those, like her, who found the requisite strength in having once been loved with great intensity; and those who, having not been loved, learned to thrive on hatred, suspicion, and the meager rewards of revenge. They were at once scornful of the need for human feeling and envious of the capacity for it.”
― Dean Koontz, Lightning

“wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us. She”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“Like orphans at a Thanksgiving meal or stray dogs huddling on a cold night, they had an unspoken pact.”
― Linda McDonald, Crimes of Redemption