"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. "
— Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

"They were handsome, proper and normal family fathers who built the concentration camps and whipped the prisoners to death. And who was Nietzsche? A narcotized syphilitic."
— Jens Bjørneboe

"A dead dog is more quiet than a house on the steppes, a chair in a empty room."
— Per Petterson (Jeg forbanner tidens elv)

"Blomst av bare klare ensomheter
skal ditt beger fylle noens tørst
må du alltid danne torner først
Før du samler deg om dette ene:
Å bli rose! - Du er mer alene
med verket i deg selv enn noen vet
Å blomst! Å rene ensomhet!"
— Jens Bjørneboe (Samlede dikt)

""This authority stood steady as the cathedral itself. The building was raised once and for all, and for those who dare doubt it, something else was raised: The witch fires." "
— André Bjerke