Alyssa Beeching

“The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.”
― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

“When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“I survived, but it's not a happy ending.”
― Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried

“One may smile, and smile, and be a villain; at least I'm sure it may be so in Denmark.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet