Muriel

“You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous

“Did you ever notice that all machines are made for some reason?' He asked Isabelle. 'They are built to make to make you laugh, like the mouse here, or to tell the time, like clocks, or to fill you with wonder, like the automaton. Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do.”
― Brian Selznick