Charlotte

“The fact is, of course,’ I said after a while, ‘I gave my best to Lord Darlington. I gave him the very best I had to give, and now – well – I find I do not have a great deal more left to give.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

“My problems aren't invalid. Not to me. Just because they aren't life altering, life-threatening, doesn't mean they don't make me feel bad. I wake up with them every morning, carry them around all day like a lead backpack, and I fall asleep with them at night. They're real, and they're mine. I know I'm lucky. I know that. But it doesn't change how I feel.”
― Rachel Harrison, The Return

“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“But the marten laughed. And once again it sounded like an old woman’s
laughter.

"All stories end with me, Bluejay," Death said. "You will find me everywhere.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkdeath