Raphael Carlo

“Being in a relationship, that's something you choose. Being friends, that's just something you are. [But] I do pick you. We've been friends too long to pick, but if we could pick, I'd pick you.”
― John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings