Giovanni Aleman

“But how can they just decide that we're animals? They don't even know us," I said.
"We know us," said Mother. "They're wrong. And don't ever allow them to convince you otherwise. Do you understand?”
― Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

“Your memory does me more honour than my insignificance deserves.”
― Charles Dickens

“Those who are not free to live as they choose are second class citizens. The weak will lose everything to the strong, even their lives.”
― Naoyuki Ochiai, Syndrome 1866 Vol. 4

“Why wait? So precious is this life—this gift—this temporary blindness. Burn and drown and embrace the false dark, then grasp the unthinkable height of resulting joy. For in the end, in the light of truth when the flesh is cast off, there is nothing but this.”
― Jennifer DeLucy