Gaby

“I don’t know, Agnes. Because I tried to get us all in line when we thought he was dying, and it didn’t work. Because sometimes I think that allowing someone to bully us and pit us against each other while maintaining the financial upper hand isn’t the healthiest way for three sisters to relate to one another. And I think that in fact it is probably the key to a lot of our issues. I don’t know.” I think the key to a lot of our issues, Irene wanted to say, is that we just don’t like one another very much.”
― Julia Armfield, Private Rites

“It’s always best to say less, to let others wonder where you’ve been and what you’ve seen and what you think. Let them imagine what could be. There’s great power in a mystery. Don’t spoil yours.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows

“Everything is useless, intrinsically. Nothing has value unless we grant it that value.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“The afterlife is a tax office, and everyone wants their rebate.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida