„We cant go around picking up every pile of dust in the place just in case it turns out to be Gregor in the morning.”-Pg.242-“

— Cassandra Clare
„We ran, plowing through another pile of peppers. [No, I didn't pick a peck of them, Sadie - just shut up. ]“
— Rick Riordan
„He picks up his dates in a van? No wonder he‘s such a hit with the ladies.”-Jace about Simon, pg. 331“
— Cassandra Clare
„Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.“
— Barack Obama
„One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a monstrous bug…“
— Franz Kafka
„Sometimes I think the human heart is just a simple shelf. There is only so much you can pile onto it before something falls off an edge and you are left to pick up the pieces.“
— Jodi Picoult
„Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.“
— Michael Jordan