Xiao Chen

“Are you heading out or heading home?” asked the woman sitting beside him in 15A. There was no 15B—the concept of the B seat, where one had to sit between two other passengers, had been eliminated along with other unpleasant things, like disease and government.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“What sort of person would cling to the hope that someone else would return to give meaning to her life? What sort of quivering parasite needed someone else to validate her existence?”
― Robin Hobb, Blood of Dragons

“Who am I, when I am not surrounded by the walls of my life? When they have all fallen into dust and rubble?”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls

“They were miserable and hungry and helpless. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who was miserable, hungry and helpless who was not also petty and selfish. The situation brings out the worst in everyone.”
― Robin Hobb, Blood of Dragons