„I know what you want. It is very stupid of you, but you shall have your way, and it will bring you to sorrow, my pretty princess. – The sea witch.“

— Hans Christian Andersen

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„You can live your life two ways: You can use your language to manipulate. You can use it as a tool to get what you want. But the problem with that is that it assumes you know what you want, and that you're right. And that's a problem, because there's lots of things you don't know, and if you get what you want you may find that (A.) You didn't really want it, and (B.) that you're not the person that started the journey towards that. That happens a lot to people, especially when they use their language in a manipulative way.“
— Jordan Peterson
„Rest. Heal. Sleep. I shall most likely kill you on the morrow.”“You? A Princess Bride quote?” I croaked.“What is that?” she asked.“
— Jim Butcher
„You want to know whether I can make a long speech, such as you are in the habit of hearing; but that is not my way.“
— Platón
„What can I tell you, except the stupid little I know?“
— William Saroyan