The brightly shining firefly
Disappears into the dark
So fleeting and so meaningless,
Just like my yearning heart
—Firefly's Light (Your Story, Sugaru Miaki)
"I am my own parabolic antenna. The strength of my signal is decided by my own level of gratitude. It's a matter of my resolve. It's a matter of admiration. It's a matter of dedication. If my signal is unable to pierce through the sky, that's a personal failing of mine. That's something I'm responsible for fixing. Can I do that?
"I can—naturally, I can. Any point made against that will be an excuse. I just need to work hard. I need to work hard so that I will feel so much more grateful. I need to overflow with adoration. I need to overflow with reverence. I need to overflow with love.
"If I fail to do that, my voice will never make it to the cosmos."
—Asya Shubina (Z.A.T.O., Ferry // Nopanamaman)
(Profile picture is Igarashi from Kobayashi Kina's A Lazy Guy Woke Up as a Girl One Morning, chapter 20. You should read it. (Chapters 17 and on aren't on MangaDex anymore, though, so you'll have to find them elsewhere...))