„Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.“

— Jane Austen
„Oh, but you know, you do not achieve anything without trouble, ever.“
— Margaret Thatcher
„But people will do anything rather than admit that their lives have no meaning. No use, that is. No plot.“
— Margaret Atwood
„I'd rather offer my life as a sacrifice than be necessary to anything.“
— Emil M. Cioran