„Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death.“

— Jane Austen

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„What was the use of doing great things if I could have a better time telling her what I was going to do?“
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
„In Alexander's life there was one thread that could not be broken by death, by distance, by time, by war. Could not be broken. As long as I am in the world, she said with her breath and her body, as long as I am, you are permanent, soldier.“
— Paullina Simons
„He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her love for him. There were times when it became nothing but pure idiot mystery…“
— Flannery O’Connor