“Waiting is the rust of the soul.”

“The knight's bones are dust,
And his good sword rust;
His soul is with the saints, I trust.”

“Rust rust rust
in the engines of love and time”

“These hearts rust just as iron rusts; and indeed they are polished through the recitation of the Qur’an.”

“Time's corrosive dewdrop eats
The giant warrior to a crust
Of earth in earth and rust in rust.”

“And the rest is rust and stardust.”

“… if gold rust, what then will iron do?/ For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust….”

“If you rest, you rust.”

“If I rest, I rust.”

“Too much rest is rust.”