Ciara

“Love that seeks nothing in return always breaks. The human heart isn’t strong or pure enough for that,”
― Inori, I'm in Love with the Villainess (Light Novel), Vol. 2

“Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it's all a male fantasy: that you're strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren't catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you're unseen, pretending you have a life of your own, that you can wash your feet and comb your hair unconscious of the ever-present watcher peering through the keyhole, peering through the keyhole in your own head, if nowhere else. You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride

“In another world, we were already friends.”
― Mizuki Tsujimura, Lonely Castle in the Mirror

“Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Fire and Hemlock