„I told you to wait,” he snapped at Alec.“Don’t you ever do anything I tell you to?”“Technically you didn’t actually say anything,”Clary said. “You just gestured.”“Gesturing counts,” Jace said. “I gesturevery expressively.“

— Cassandra Clare

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„I hate her," I said, and waited for the blow to fall. But Doctor Nolan only smiled at me as if something had pleased her very, very much and said, "I suppose you do.“
— Sylvia Plath
„Could it be as simple as that? Could love be not grand gestures or empty vows, not promises meant to be broken, but instead a paper trail of forgiveness? A line of crumbs made of memories, to lead you back to the person who was waiting?“
— Jodi Picoult
„Now all you can do is wait. It must be hard for you, but there is a right time for everything. Like the ebb and flow of tides. No one can do anything to change them. When it is time to wait, you must wait.“
— Haruki Murakami
„Are you sulking?”“Me? No. I don’t sulk.”“You sound like you’re sulking.”“I’m just waiting for the violent urges to subside.“
— Derek Landy
„He didn't say anything more, just waited for me to tell him what I'd been thinking. It was pure speculation, and I was opening myself up to ridicule by saying anything at all. I sat on the stool and realized that I had my loyalties, too.“
— Patricia Briggs