Rachel

“He wished someone would tell him that he was still a full human being despite his feelings; that there was nothing wrong with who he was. Surely there was someone, someone, in the world who felt as he did? Surely his hatred for the act was not a deficiency to be corrected but a simple matter of preference?”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“She said it wasn’t unheard of for people to identify as asexual, meaning those who were "ace" didn’t experience attraction in the same way others did. Sex-positive or sex-repulsed, there was no wrong way to be.
"So I’m not malfunctioning?" Vic asked nervously, mulling the word "asexual" over in his mind.
"You are not," Nurse Ratched had replied. "I also do not experience sexual attraction, and I am perfect. The same could arguably be said about you.”
― T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

“but I loved her, and not a soul must know it - not even she.”
― Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet

“We are all unique. Victor is asexual. Giovanni is old. And I have sociopathic tendencies that manifest themselves in dangerous situations.”
― T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets