Priscilla Coutts

“You exist in a half-world suspended between two superstructures, one self-expression and the other self-destruction. You are strong, but there is a flaw in your strength, and unless you can learn how to control it the flaw will prove stronger than your strength and defeat you.”
― Truman Capote, In Cold Blood

“Being magnanimous in victory usually worked, but to keep abreast of the situation he had to 
pump the girl for all she knew. Was there a pang of remorse for his actions in his mind? 
Possibly, but what choice did he have? If he wanted to survive, he had no room for weakness.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

“Seventeen years being neither a very short nor a very long time, Phillip was remembered and misremembered in equal measure.”
― Diane Setterfield, Bellman & Black

“We’re leaving together But still it’s farewell And maybe we’ll come back To Earth, who can tell I guess there is no one to blame We’re leaving ground Will things ever be the same again? It’s the final countdown. . . .”
― R.J. Palacio, Pluto: A Wonder Story