Risa Hinnenkamp

“There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man." ~ 'The Black Cat.”
― Edgar Allen Poe

“Okay," I said. "Just a normal afternoon and two normal people."
She nodded. "And so...hypothetically, if these to people likes each other, what would it take to get the stupid guy to kiss the girl, huh?"
"Oh..." I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows-slow, dumb, and bright red. "Um...”
― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

“Once a guy stood all day shaking bugs from his hair.”
― Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

“If I tell you will you go?"

"What? I don't get. What do you mean?"

"I love you, Kotohiki. I've loved you for a real long time.”
― Koushun Takami, Battle Royale