„”I think we shall have to give the region a name. What do you propose?””The Porter settled that some time ago,” said the Second Voice. “Train for Niggle’s Parish in the bay.”“

— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

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„I think we shall have to give the region a name. What do you propose?“
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
„Hey porter! Hey porter!Would you tell me the time?How much longer will it be till we cross that Mason Dixon Line?At daylight would ya tell that engineer to slow it down?Or better still, just stop the train,Cause I wanna look around.“
— Johnny Cash
„It's not funny, Jace," Alec interrupted, starting to his feet. "Are you just going to let her stand there and call me names?""Yes," Jace said kindly. "It'll do you good-- try to think of it as endurance training.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„I must try to set aside half an hour in some part of my day, and consecrate it to diary writing. Give it a name and a place, and then perhaps, such is the human mind, I shall come to think it a duty, and disregard other duties for it.“
— Virginia Woolf
„Though I have been trained as a soldier, and participated in many battles, there never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword. I look forward to an epoch when a court, recognized by all nations, will settle international differences, instead of keeping large standing armies as they do in Europe.“
— Ulysses S. Grant
„Do you think we’ll be waiting long?” Valkyrie asked,keeping her voice low.“The last time we were in this building, we accused theGrand Mage of being a traitor,” Skulduggery said. “Yes, I thinkwe’ll be waiting long.“
— Derek Landy
„When the day shall come, that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words are not 'I love you'—ye'll ken it was because I didna have time.“
— Diana Gabaldon