Ash

“Had little baby Kovit toddled around stabbing his father in the shins and ripping his sister’s hair out? Actually, that probably wasn’t too different from other children.”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones

“Ma'am," I tell her. "Your husband was trying to eat you."
"A misundertanding !" she insists, still waving the only arm she has left.
I press my fingers to the bridge of my nose. "He ripped off your arm."
"An accident."
"He ate it."
"He was hungry. It's a shame to let these things go to waste.”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, City of Nightmares

“You sure are knowledgeable,’ Shen Qingqiu muttered. ‘Did you do business at Harry Potters before?’ The system typed out a giant line of hovering symbols: [...].”
― Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1

“Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering. To live is to grieve. You are not protecting yourself by shutting yourself off from the world. You are limiting yourself.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars