„Are you alright?””No, I bumped my head.” Rubbing the spot, I looked dazedly around the bare hallway.”What did I bang it on?” I demanded ungrammatically.”head.” he said, rather grumpily, I thought.“

— Diana Gabaldon
„It's like banging my head against the wall, except if I were actually banging my head on a wall, I'd be able to make myself stop.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Why should I tell you everything about how I feel when you never tell me anything? It's like banging my head on a wall, except at least if I were banging my head on a wall, I'd be able to make myself stop. - Jace Wayland.“
— Cassandra Clare
„I dont know," said Simon, "it doesn't sound so bad to me. I'd rather have someone mess around inside my head than chop it off.""Then you're a bigger idiot than you look.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Oh, for crap's sake, I can barely look at it," Aphrodite said, turning her head from the archway and averting her eyes. "And I usually love sparkly things.“
— P. C. Cast