Robin

“She picked up the last of her tools, then fixed Jinshi with a look. I have to make sure this part gets through to him. “What you have to bear, Master Jinshi, I don’t believe I could ever carry. Perhaps that’s why you did what you did.” She took a deep breath, let it out—then grabbed Jinshi by the lapels. “But you will not do it again.” It was a miracle that she didn’t sound enraged. Jinshi awkwardly avoided her gaze.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 9

“Some of us are already born with a wolf in our heart. The color of your eyes doesn’t matter. The fact that you are human does not matter.”
― T.J. Klune, Wolfsong

“Why are men afraid of women?"
"If your strength is only the other's weakness, you live in fear," Ged said.
"Yes; but women seem to fear their own strength, to be afraid of themselves."
"Are they ever taught to trust themselves?" Ged asked, and as he spoke Therru came in on her work again. His eyes and Tenar's met.
"No," she said. "Trust is not what we're taught." She watched the child stack the wood in the box. "If power were trust," she said. "I like that word. If it weren't all these arrangements - one above the other - kings and masters and mages and owners - It all seems so unnecessary. Real power, real freedom, would lie in trust, not force."
"As children trust their parents," he said.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu

“Now listen to me, y—I mean, Maomao! Listen close! I am going to make you my wife!”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 7