Alexei

“Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“You have some queer friends, Dorothy,' she said.

The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends,' was the answer”
― L. Frank Baum, The Road to Oz

“That's what I like best about Eyrewood—everyone there says what they mean and means what they say. No games. No complications. No weird tones that make my gut twist. The world is full of enough scary things, Neal says. It's a waste of time being afraid of your friends.”
― Esme Symes-Smith, Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston

“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe