“Hello, boys. How are you all? I just love boys. […] Hello. Are you here alone? Who are you with? …A woman? At my show? …We'll make believe. It's theatre.”

“Hell? Mr. Human Boy Person? Can you hear the Simi? Or are you dead? Hello? (Simi)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

“Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields… Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.”

Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer

“Hello, my name is ees Lebkuchen Spice, and I vant to show you my coooooookies…”

David Levithan (1972) American author and editor

“you will always be my favorite hello and hardest goodbye.
P. S. i will always love you”

Cecelia Ahern (1981) Irish novelist

“Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired.
I bring you love and deeper understanding.
Hello, I know that you're unhappy.
I bring you love and deeper understanding….”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

“Nudge: You aren't.
Iggy (irritably): No. You aren't dead either. How about just 'hello'?”

James Patterson (1947) American author

“Hello, fear. Thank you for being here. You’re my indication that I’m doing what I need to do.”

Cheryl Strayed (1968) author, memoirist, blogger

“When I was a little boy, (when I was just a boy)
And the devil would call my name (when I was just a boy)
I'd say "Now who do,
Who do you think you're fooling?"”

Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer

“Hello, I'm Shellie's new boyfriend and I'm out of my mind.
If you so much as talk to her or even think her name, I'll cut you in ways that'll make you useless to a woman.”

Frank Miller book The Big Fat Kill