„I hate it when people let me down, when things are temporary. I think that’s why I want to be an architect.””To build something permanent,” I said. “A monument to last a thousand years.“

— Rick Riordan

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„Why do I act like this, agreeing when I really disagree, letting people force me to do things I don't want to do?“
— Haruki Murakami
„When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.“
— Marilyn Monroe
„I would walk along the quais when I had finished work or when I was trying to think something out. It was easier to think if I was walking and doing something or seeing people doing something that they understood.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„Now I want you to tell me just one thing more. Why do you hate the South?“
— William Faulkner
„Do you mean to tell me that you're thinking seriously of building, when and if you are an architect?”“Yes.”“My dear fellow, who will let you?”“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?“
— Ayn Rand
„I hate this plan,” I said. “Let’s do it.“
— Rick Riordan
„I think," he said, "I think, if you want thousands, you have to fight for one.“
— Terry Pratchett
„Now I am depressed myself,' I said. 'That's why I never think about these things. I never think and yet when I begin to talk I say the things I have found out in my mind without thinking.“
— Ernest Hemingway