„I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.“

— James Joyce
„and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.“
— James Joyce
„He wanted to appear suddenly to her in novel and heroic colors. He wanted to stir her from that casualness she showed toward everything except herself.“
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
„Becky Renee Apple - can you believe her mom named her that and then had all of her sweaters monogramed with 'BRA'?“
— P. C. Cast
„In one letter that he had written to her then he had said: Why is it that words like these seem to me so dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?“
— James Joyce
„I did not know whether I would ever speak to her or not or, if I spoke to her, how I could tell her of my confused adoration. But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.“
— James Joyce
„I had been gone a fortnight when the telegram was put into my hands. I had got a letter from my sister, a few hours before, saying that all was well at home. The telegram said in five words that she had died suddenly the previous night. There was no mention of my mother, and I was three days' journey from home.The news I got on reaching London was this: my mother did not understand that her daughter was dead, and they were waiting for me to tell her.“
— J. M. Barrie