survival is a matter of

I learned that the greatest camouflage of all is consistency. If you do something often enough and at the same time and in the same way, you become invisible.

from The Power Of One by Bryce Courtenay

She will always be this to them now: at best the girl who got raped, at worst the girl who lied. They will never let her be anyone but...

from Bear Town by Fredrik Backman

The world becomes much easier to understand and much less terrifying if you divide everything and everyone into friends and enemies, we and they, good and evil.

from Bear Town by Fredrik Backman