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“Why, God, why had she listened to “Fergalicious” instead of the news?”
― Lindsay Ellis, Axiom's End

“Ich habe auf Dich gewartet, sagte die Frau. Ich habe Dich nicht gekannt, aber man kann auch auf Jemanden warten, den man noch nie gesehen hat.”
― Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Eisbären

“Tu saresti un eroe in una guerra lampo, ma in una lunga un disertore.”
― Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Crepitio di stelle

“Beyond a critical speed, no one can save time without forcing another to lose it. The man who claims a seat in a faster vehicle insists that his time is worth more than that of the passenger in a slower one. Beyond a certain velocity, passengers become consumers of other people’s time, and accelerating vehicles become the means for effecting a net transfer of life-time.”
― Ivan Illich, Energy and Equity