„He was not condemned to death, freedom awaitedhim. What was the temptation, the one that worked?Perhaps he wanted to live with a woman whose lifehe had saved, who had seen down into the earth buthad nevertheless followed him back up to life. It washis only chance to be a hero, to one person at least,for if he became the hangman the others woulddespise him. He was in prison for wounding anotherman, on one finger of the right hand, with a sword.This too is history.“

— Margaret Atwood

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„The husband's behavior was heroic … but what we expect of a husband toward his wife: his right, and his proud privilege, to die for his woman. But what of this nameless stranger? Up to the very last second he could have jumped clear. He did not. He was still trying to save this woman he had never seen before in his life, right up to the very instant the train killed him. And that's all we'll ever know about him.This is how a man dies.This is how a man … lives!“
— Robert A. Heinlein
„Friends, don't be afraid to go home. The Heavenly Father is waiting. Not because He wants to give you a whipping. Not because He wants to rub your nose in your failures, but because He had a Son who was a composite failure. He had a Son who tried to have this great ministry, had thousands of followers. His Son chose for Himself, He had twelve people on His staff. In three years' time He had managed to alienate every person in one way or another. He died His Father's Son, stricken with grief, so overloaded with guilt that He had to look away, His Father could not look at Him.“
— Rich Mullins