Fatma

“All living organisms grow. But in nature there is a self-limiting logic to growth: organisms grow to a point of maturity, and then maintain a state of healthy equilibrium. When growth fails to stop – when cells keep replicating just for the sake of it – it’s because of a coding error, like what happens with cancer. This kind of growth quickly becomes deadly.”
― Jason Hickel, Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World

“Maomao was probably the only one here who sometimes tried poisons for fun. She was, let us say, an exceptional personality. If I had to go, I think I’d like it to be by blowfish toxin. The organs mixed into a nice soup...”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1

“They had weighed their lives against their beauty, and in the end had lost them both.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1

“The young man crossed his arms and lost himself in thought. He was so lovely, he could have been a painting. It almost seemed wrong for heaven to have given a man such unearthly beauty. And to then cause that man to live and work as a eunuch in the rear palace was deeply ironic.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1