„She dealt with moral problems the way a cleaver deals with meat: and in this case she had made up her mind.“

— James Joyce

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„Tessa put a hand against the wall as she made her way numbly down the stairs. What had she almost done? What had she nearly told Will?“
— Cassandra Clare
„If she's passing back this way I'm not that hard to findTell her she can look me up if she's got the time.“
— Bob Dylan
„She had to face the fact that she couldn't protect everyone she loved. She couldn't solve every problem.“
— Rick Riordan
„She gritted her teeth. She was here with Sebastian, on her way to see a powerful warlock, and mentally she was maundering on about the way Jace smelled.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Mrs. Hopewell had no bad qualities of her own but she was able to use other people's in such a constructive way that she never felt the lack.“
— Flannery O’Connor
„Why should I blame her that she filled my daysWith misery, or that she would of lateHave taught to ignorant men most violent ways,Or hurled the little streets upon the great,Had they but courage equal to desire?What could have made her peaceful with a mindThat nobleness made simple as a fire,With beauty like a tightened bow, a kindThat is not natural in an age like this,Being high and solitary and most stern?Why, what could she have done, being what she is?Was there another Troy for her to burn?“
— W.B. Yeats