Monika

“That's just like a human to think the world revolves around you, to think the rivers are for you, the sky, the sea is for you. You are just one of many parts of the world, and in my opinion, the one that blights them all.”
― Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

“Not all storytellers are grandmothers, but all grandmothers are storytellers.”
― Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

“Sometimes, my head is just like this storm", said the Tiny Dragon.
"If you listen carefully", said the Great Panda, "you will ear the raindrops hitting the rock. Even in a storm it is possible to find a little peace.”
― James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon

“I have made myself exceptional. It is a wonderful game, is it not? Because I am exceptional, anything I achieve does not reflect on my own sex, for of course I am not like them. Strange, though, how that division seems to vanish when we are speaking instead of my shortcomings. Then I am a woman, like any other.”
― Marie Brennan, In the Labyrinth of Drakes