Johanna

“There’s an east wind coming, Watson.” “I think not, Holmes. It is very warm.” “Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There’s an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it’s God’s own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

“the hand of God shielded him, and nothing on earth could kill him till his work on earth was done; and nothing on earth could save him when his time to die should come.”
― R.M. Ballantyne, The Thorogood Family

“Some say the tale related here        Is amplified and twisted;      Some say it isn't very clear        That William Tell existed;      Some say he freed his country so,        The Governor demolished.      Perhaps he did. I only know        That taxes aren't abolished!”
― P.G. Wodehouse, William Tell Told Again

“The question mark,” Jupiter said impressively, “is the universal symbol of something unknown. We are prepared to solve any puzzle, riddle, mystery, enigma or conundrum which may be brought to us. Hence the question mark will be our trade-mark. Three question marks will stand for The Three Investigators.”
― Robert Arthur