Donnette Tapper

“Consider and then act, don't react. A worthy opponent will calculate his move to entice a response from you. Make your own play.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

“Everything may evaporate at any instant. Everything!’ I said with surprising vehemence. ‘You, me, the most rocklike personality since Calving Coolidge; death, destruction, despair may strike. To live your life assuming otherwise is insanity.”
― Luke Rhinehart, The Dice Man

“There was something deranged and distinctly midwestern about a station that programmed "The Exorcist" three days prior to Christmas.”
― Scott Heim, Mysterious Skin

“The universe is a million billion light-years wide, and every inch of it would kill you if you went there. This is the position of the universe with regards to human life.”
― Martin Amis