„Dawn, n. The time when men of reason go to bed. Certain old men prefer to rise at about that time, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach, and otherwise mortifying the flesh.“

— Ambrose Bierce

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„Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„I like thought which preserves a whiff of flesh and blood, and I prefer a thousand times an idea rising from sexual tension or nervous depression to empty abstraction.“
— Emil M. Cioran
„It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.“
— Louisa May Alcott
„There's a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.“
— Tennessee Williams