" My darling,” she said at last, “are you sure you don’t mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?” “I don’t mind at all,” I said. “It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like so long as somebody loves you.” Roald Dahl, The Witches "

― Cornelia Funke , Inkheart / Inkspell / Inkdeath (The Inkheart Trilogy #1-3)