Persephone

“You're so unhip, it's a wonder your bum doesn't fall off.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel...”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“You don't give her up. You only go halves.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. Truth is, there aren't any grown-ups. Not one, in the whole wide world.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane