Misfortune

“But strange, Mina, why do I feel like this? I don’t need a Red String or Fate to tell me that if you should die, so will I.”
― Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

“Look Shin, I found your soul." I lift my palm. At the center sits the pebble with the carving of the lotus flower... "It might not be as large as a mountain or as bright as the moon, but it's your soul. It's strong, resilient, and steadfast. And stubborn. And worthy, just as you are.”
― Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

“It is only too obvious that favoritism inevitably exists: it would have been useless to complain to human beings. So I said nothing of the truth.”
― Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

“I knew red was your color," he said. "Your beauty rivals the moon, fair Meilin.”
― K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire