Monika

“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

“A cherry tree doesn't compare itself to other trees,' said Big Panda, 'it just blossoms.”
― James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon

“I was angry at the fate I'd been given. Because I realised that in order for you to have what you want, I'd have to lose the only thing I've ever wanted.”
― Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

“Stories are both an escape from the truths of the world and the only way to see them clearly.”
― Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea