„I knew it would be you“

— Charles Bukowski
„If you knew it all it would not be creation but dictation.“
— Gertrude Stein
„poor boy! I never knew you, Yet I think I could not refuse this moment to die for you, if that would save you“
— Walt Whitman
„I knew I had fallen in love with Lolita forever; but I also knew she would not be forever Lolita.“
— Vladimir Nabokov
„You would not cry if you knew that by looking deeply into the rain you would still see the cloud.“
— Thich Nhat Hanh
„If you knew how much work went into it, you would not call it genius.“
— Michelangelo Buonarroti
„Some nights I knew that if I slept I would die.“
— Charles Bukowski
„Then you notice likkle carpet burnMy stomach drop and my guts churnYou shrug and it's the worstWho truly stuck the knife in first?I cheated myself like I knew I wouldI told you I was trouble, you know that I'm no goodI cheated myself, like I knew I wouldI told you I was trouble, yeah you know that I'm no good.“
— Amy Winehouse