Ilsa J. Bick citations

“This is a fairy tale with teeth and claws.”

“But sticking to rules just because they're there does not make them right. You need to learn when the rules should be broken.”

“They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241)”

“Obeying orders just to obey is the mark of a person who has ceased to think. Remember, it is better to suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.”

“What's the point of not taking chances? I don't know if I could stand living my whole life afraid.”

“Everybody breaks sooner or later, Bob. Anyone can drown. Sometimes you see it. Most often, you
don’t because the body protects and the skin hides, so drowning doesn’t look like drowning and some
people scar so nicely. Take it from an expert.”

“She's got the kind of ethereal, unselfconscious beauty some young girls possess that breaks your heart. Or theirs.”

“We all have our fictions, little lies we tell ourselves to keep going from one day to the next.”