Florencia

“This society hasn't changed one bit. People who don't fit into the village are expelled: men who don't hunt, women who don't give birth to children. For all we talk about modern society and individualism, anyone who doesn't try to fit in can expect to be meddled with, coerced, and ultimately banished from the village.”
― Sayaka Murata, コンビニ人間 [Konbini ningen]

“Writing is good. He’s always wanted to do it, and now he is. That’s good. Only who knew it hurt so much?”
― Stephen King, Billy Summers

“Gaman. The ability to hold your pain and bitterness inside you and not let them destroy you. To make something beautiful through your anger, or with your anger, and neither erase it nor let it define you. To suffer. And to rage. And to persevere.”
― Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

“See, we don't got liberty, we don't got property, but you better believe we've got the Great American Right to die for a country that doesn't want us.”
― Traci Chee, We Are Not Free