Stewart

“Pause, Mortal; Remember Vanity and Folly and Beware.”
― William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom!

“The Librarian watched them join the procession of tired men who were staggering down the valley. Then he pulled at the nail a few times, and watched it fly back to the stone. “Oook.” He looked up into the eyes of Jason Ogg. Much to Jason’s surprise, the orang-utan winked. Sometimes, if you pay real close attention to the pebbles you find out about the ocean.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

“I profess not to know how women’s hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration. Some seem to have but one vulnerable point, or door of access; while others have a thousand avenues, and may be captured in a thousand different ways. It is a great triumph of skill to gain the former, but a still greater proof of generalship to maintain possession of the latter, for man must battle for his fortress at every door and window. He who wins a thousand common hearts is therefore entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero.”
― Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

“I want to tell you, don't marry suffering. Some people do. They get married to it, and sleep and eat together, just as husband and wife. If they go with joy they think it's adultery.”
― Saul Bellow, Seize the Day