Rachel

“turned half-way round and saw Dorian Gray for the first time. When our eyes met, I felt that I was growing pale. A curious sensation of terror came over me. I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I’m going to do better.”
― Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist

“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

“Just because you didn't experience sexual attraction didn't mean you didn't you didn't experience romantic feelings. But those romantic feelings didn't look like they did in the movies because, well, Hollywood didn't make movies about ace people. Period. So they could be a little hard to figure out.”
― Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist