„Can you nei do her, numb? asks Dolph, suspecting the answer know. Oikkont, ken you, ninny? asks Kev, expecting the answer guess.“

— James Joyce
„Why are you in such a rush?" Sophia asked, and her grandmother answered that it was a good idea to do things before you forgot that they had to be done.“
— Tove Jansson
„Although you hadn't asked why, it had less to do with you not noticing than with you not wanting to hear the answer.“
— Jodi Picoult