„Later on you will find buried near the coconut treethe knife which I hid there for fear you would kill me,and now suddenly I would be glad to smell its kitchen steelused to the weight of your hand, the shine of your foot:under the dampness of the ground, among the deaf roots,in all the languages of the men only the poor will know your name,and the dense earth does not understand your namemade of impenetrable divine substances.“

— Pablo Neruda

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„I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle; now I see your wife and your face and our fellowship. Forgive me, comrade. We always see it too late. Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony — Forgive me, comrade; how could you be my enemy?“
— Erich Maria Remarque
„I don't ask for your pity, but just for your understanding—not even that—no. Just for your recognition of me in you, and the enemy, time, in us all.“
— Tennessee Williams
„To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?“
— Ayn Rand
„I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.“
— Hunter S. Thompson