Ruth

“As long as you kept running from birth until death, falling down, getting hurt, no matter how many times you suffered defeat, you got up and started running again. Personal happiness came from all the things and people you came across, ran into by chance along the way. Climber's high. Climbing with all your might, concentrating completely on moving up, never being distracted by the meaningless stuff around you.”
― Hideo Yokoyama, Seventeen

“I like you, too!" she blubbered at the top of her voice. "I do, I do. You're a lovely Goon. You're my favourite Goon in all the world!”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Archer's Goon

“Murder cases are like cancer cells. Once they get their hooks into you, the pain and misery just keep on spreading. Whether the killer gets caught or the investigation is brought to a successful conclusion doesn't make any difference; it's almost impossible to stop the advance of the disease.”
― Keigo Higashino, A Death in Tokyo

“Never trust a man who needs to get drunk before he can speak his mind. Those people are not living an authentic life.”
― Hideo Yokoyama, Seventeen