„Tjaden reappears. He is still quite excited and again joins the conversation, wondering just how a war gets started. ‘Mostly by one country badly offending another,’ answers Albert with a slight air of superiority. Then Tjaden pretends to be obtuse. ‘A country? I don’t follow. A mountain in Germany cannot offend a mountain in France. Or a river, or a wood, or a field of wheat.’ ‘Are you really as stupid as that, or are you just pulling my leg?’ growls Kropp. ‘I don’t mean that at all. One people offends the other—’ ‘Then I haven’t any business here at all,’ replies Tjaden, ‘I don’t feel myself offended.’ ‘Well, let me tell you,’ says Albert sourly,’ it doesn’t apply to tramps like you.“

— Erich Maria Remarque

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„I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.“
— Linus Torvalds
„I? KILL? said Death, obviously offended. CERTAINLY NOT. PEOPLE GET KILLED, BUT THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS. I JUST TAKE OVER FROM THEN ON. AFTER ALL, IT'D BE A BLOODY STUPID WORLD IF PEOPLE GOT KILLED WITHOUT DYING, WOULDN'T IT?“
— Terry Pratchett
„During these travels he's starting to train me in a most interesting way. We'd be sitting somewhere and I'd say,"Did I ever tell you about the time that Tim and I …"And he'd say, "Don't think about the past. Just be here now."Silence.And I'd say, "How long do you think we're going to be on this trip?"And he'd say, "Don't think about the future. Just be here now."I'd say, "You know, I really feel crumby, my hips are hurting …"“
— Ram Dass
„Don't you think it would be wonderful to get rid of everything and everybody and just go someplace where you don't know a soul? Sometimes I feel like doing that. I really really want to do it sometimes.“
— Haruki Murakami
„Well, I don't want you to die," Tessa said. "I don't know why I feel it so strongly -- I've just met you -- but I don't want you to die.""And I trust you," he said. "I don't know why -- I've just met you -- but I do.“
— Cassandra Clare