Krista Shaw

“She wasn't soft, but she never saw the sense of a living thing dying such a cruel death just for some woman's vanity. Still, she thought, a fur coat when the wind blew down off the Tenmile Range would feel mighty good. Maybe they made fur coats out of foxes that died of old age.”
― Sandra Dallas, Prayers for Sale

“Don't mind her. She keeps her nose so high in the air, she's liable to drown in a good rainstorm.”
― Sandra Dallas, Prayers for Sale

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“I filed him in my mental database under Useless Prick, for future reference.”
― Tana French, Faithful Place