On an important cause

"And you want us to help you, eh? Join this people's army of yours?"

"Of course!"

"What's in it for us, then?'

"Everything," the Marquess said "Forever."

- Exchange between Mallory and the Marquess of Hastings,
William Gibson & Bruce Sterling, The Difference Engine

On sleep

Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care...

- Macbeth

On the passing of time

Dying all day in thousands of little ways
Dancing alone and drinking a lot
Closing the clubs and
Haunting the cabarets
Looking for what?
Another five years off your life

- The Magnetic Fields, If You Don't Cry