"I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,
As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!"
Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,
As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!"
Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
"Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars - points of light and reason.
... And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were done, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything."
Stephenie Meyer, New Moon
"Enter stranger, but take heed
of what awaits the sin of greed,
for those who take, but do not earn
must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
a treasure that was never yours,
thief, you have been warned; beware
of finding more than treasure there"
J. K Rowling, Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone
"Se on ammattiin kuuluva piirre. Se on kaikilla meillä mahtavilla sankareilla. Parin hirviön kanssa tappeleminen ennen aamiaista kiihottaa ruokahalua.
David Eddings, Mallorean taru
"Minä haluan tehdä tämän. Millään muulla elämässäni ei ole väliä. Elämässäni ei ole olemassa mitään muuta hetkeä kuin tämä hetki. Synnyin tätä hetkeä varten, ja jos epäonnistun, kuolen tällä hetkellä."
Margaret Weis & Don Perrin: Hengen miekka
"Karu totuus on, että kärsimys syventää meitä, saa värimme hohtamaan voimakkaammin ja sanamme sointumaan rikkaammin. Mutta vain silloin, jos kärsimys ei tuhoa meitä, jos se ei hävitä elämänuskoamme ja henkeämme, kykyämme visioihin ja kunnioitustamme kaikkea yksinkertaista mutta välttämätöntä kohtaan."
Anne Rice: Vampyyri Lestat
"Miehet valitsevat ikeen,
lohikäärmeet siivet.
Miehet omistaakseen,
lohikäärmeet eivät."
Ursula Le Guin
"Meidän tulee rakastaa elämän pitkiä
sairauden tunteja ja ahtaita kaipauksen vuosia
niin kuin niitä lyhyitä hetkiä kun erämaa kukkii."
Edith Södergran