Mina

“Words can be whispered bullet-quick when no one's looking, and words don't leave blood or bruises behind. Words disappear without a trace. That's what makes them so powerful. That's what makes them so important.
That's what makes them hurt so much.”
― Seanan McGuire, Middlegame

“When I was writing the Raven Boys, I had a sticky on my computer that told me to remember that the worst thing that could happen was that they could stop being friends.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily Lily Blue, The Raven King

“I was excessively afraid of being defined as a woman before I was seen as myself.”
― Nagata Kabi, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

“I wanted to be that kind of shining adult. But would I get there if I was always worrying about what my parents thought?”
― Nagata Kabi, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness