"O, sir,' murmured Sheila, still on her knees, 'please forgive me.''Forgive you! 0, la, la, la!' cunningly cried the droll, and strutting like an actor. 'Forgiveness is easy, is it not? O, yes, it is n..."
- A.E. Coppard
"Humph,' he said, with a disagreeable air, 'the universe does its work very quietly.' (“The Bogey Man”)"
"Time is an imp—a pesky, little, hellish troll that hastens the clock when I smile but then delays the passing of minutes when I frown."
- Richelle E. Goodrich