„The sword wherewith they judge their brethren will fall upon their own heads. Instead of cutting themselves off from the brother as the just from the unjust, they find themselves cut off from Jesus.“

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
„When women cut themselves off from men, they sink backward into psychological and spiritual stagnancy.“
— Camille Paglia
„Nobody at any time is cut off from God.“
— Meister Eckhart
„Writer’s block results from too much head. Cut off your head. Pegasus, poetry, was born of Medusa when her head was cut off. You have to be reckless when writing. Be as crazy as your conscience allows.“
— Joseph Campbell
„If you cut a branch out of my forests, I'd cut your head off!“
— Mehmed II
„I want to cut off her head and take out her heart.“
— Bram Stoker
„Body or mind, heart or soul, we're all human, and we're supposed to feel pain. You cut yourself off from it at your own risk.“
— Jim Butcher
„Cut off a wolf's head and it still has the power to bite.“
— Hayao Miyazaki
„It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.“
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley