„Of course I am downcast and tremblewith pity for my statewhen old age and wrinkles cover me,when Eros flies aboutand I pursue the glorious young.Pick up your lyreand sing to us of her who wearsviolets on her breasts. Sing especiallyof her who is wandering.“

— Sappho

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„They reckon ill who leave me out;When me they fly, I am the wings;I am the doubter and the doubt;And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
„When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.“
— Hans Christian Andersen
„Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped.“
— Terry Pratchett