George!!

“Where's the fun in suffering by yourself?" Xu Da said in his good-natured way. Surprised, Zhu realized he was probably her friend. She'd never had a friend before. But she wasn't sure suffering could be shared, even with one's friends. Watching her father and brother die, digging their graves, kneeling for four days in front of the monastery: all of them had been acts of exquisite aloneness. She knew that when she came down to it, you survived and died alone.”
― Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun

“I wouldn't call it a gut punch - more like a tiny, sharp poke beneath my rib cage. Other people's inside jokes always hit me like that, but I can never quite pin down the feeling. A variation of loneliness, maybe." -Imogen”
― Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

“A Story is like food or water...
Its just a stupid story if you ask me.
I did not ask you.”
― Chris Vick, Girl. Boy. Sea.

“My story, my words, my voice – they are priceless.”
― Ravena Guron, This Book Kills