„From olden times it has been said: “Great and small go together.” So do not unconditionally dislike extra-long swords. What I dislike is the inclination towards the long sword.“

— Miyamoto Musashi

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„This—all this—was in the oldenTime long ago.“
— Edgar Allan Poe
„The road and the tale have both been long, would you not say so? The trip has been long and the cost has been high… but no great thing was ever attained easily. A long tale, like a tall Tower, must be built a stone at a time.“
— Stephen King
„You've been doing it for a long time, and that's what people do. There are reasons the ritual came about, but the ritual lasts long after the reasons have been forgotten.“
— Jordan Peterson
„Get it straight. Your boy you lose. Love you lose. Honor has been gone for a long time. Duty you do.Sure and what's your duty? What I said I'd do. And all the other things you said you'd do?“
— Ernest Hemingway
„The spirit of the smacking parry is not parrying, or smacking strongly, but smacking the enemy's long sword in accordance with his attacking cut, primarily intent on quickly cutting him. If you understand the timing of smacking, however hard your long swords clash together, your swordpoint will not be knocked back even a little. You must research sufficiently to realise this.“
— Miyamoto Musashi
„I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen,And accrue what I hear into myself… and let sound contribute toward me.“
— Walt Whitman
„Never before have I written so long a letter. I'm afraid it is much too long to take your precious time. I can assure you that it would have been much shorter if I had been writing from a comfortable desk, but what else can one do when he is alone in a narrow jail cell, other than write long letters, think long thoughts, and pray long prayers?“
— Jr.
„In fact, I'm beginning to fear that this confusion will go on for a long time. And all because he writes down what I said incorrectly.“
— Mikhail Bulgakov