Globox: Gosh, kiddo... how old even are you?
Rayman: Two weeks old!
Globox: What.
Rayman: ...But Mom says I'm eleven!
"Vash was stabbed. The totality of his essence, freed from his destroyed city, was drawn into the enchanted blade, and she took him into the caves. She left his body abandoned— but his body was a war machine. It wasn't built to die quickly. It was damaged, soulless, empty...but still alive. And then, after a little while, I realized I existed."
— Kendal explaining how he came into existence, Aurora (2019)
"When a Gem is made, it's for a reason. They burst out of the ground already knowing what they're supposed to be, and then... that's what they are. Forever. But you, you're supposed to change. You're never the same even moment to moment — you're allowed and expected to invent who you are. What an incredible power — the ability to grow up."
— Rose Quartz, Steven Universe, "Greg the Babysitter"
"It's generally agreed that Aphrodite was never a child, as she represents adult love and sexuality, and the alternative is pretty gross. Grosser than the balls thing."
— Overly Sarcastic Productions, "Miscellaneous Myths: Aphrodite"
