Charisma

“Only with kids who had gone through similar experiences could she really open up about what had happened, and how it made her feel. And now she’d gone and closed the door on that opportunity, and it was painful.”
― Mizuki Tsujimura, Lonely Castle in the Mirror

“President Duterte said kill the addicts, and the addicts died. He said kill the mayors, and the mayors died. He said kill the lawyers, and the lawyers died. Sometimes the dead weren’t drug dealers or corrupt mayors or human rights lawyers. Sometimes they were children, but they were killed anyway, and the president said they were collateral damage.”
― Patricia Evangelista, Some People Need Killing

“Flowers are definitely better than people. Because you can find a person's ratio of light, water, and attention, and it still won't be enough. For flowers, it's enough.”
― Julie Soto, Forget Me Not

“Death is only meaningless if it does not change us, Vis.”
― James Islington, The Will of the Many