Marie-Sofie

“The time would not pass. Somebody was playing with the clocks, and not only with the electric clocks, but the wind-up kind, too. The second hand on my watch would twitch once, and a year would pass, and then it would twitch again.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“Also, all these proclamations of your undying love for me are getting kind of… It’s a bit much, to be honest. Just hold back a little.” “But my love for you is eternal.” “That’s exactly the kind of thing I’m talking about.”
― Derek Landy, Death Bringer

“If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

“[...] there was room only for the Bureau of Commerce, the Palace of Justice, the Prefecture of Police, the cathedral, the morgue - in other words, the means of being declared bankrupt, guilty, jailed, buried, and even rescued.”
― Jules Verne