"The word "missing" is particularly cruel, leaving as it does a ray of hope that the person will turn up safe and well, even in the most doomed circumstances. As days go by, it becomes increasingly unlikely and yet and yet..."

-- Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

#Missing Quotes #Leaving Quotes #Rays Quotes

“I take them 8 to 80, dumb, crippled, and crazy. Crisp and clean with no caffeine, and a pair of spandex or either tight jeans.”
“The enemies of American civilization-- for such are the enemies of slavery-- seem to be more on the alert than its friends.”

Source : William Walker (1860). “The War in Nicaragua”, p.278
“Nast is an artist of uncommon abilities. His works evince originality of conception, freedom of manner, lofty appreciation of national ideas and action, and a large artistic instinct.”
“Sleep is no longer a healing bath, a recuperation of vital forces, but an oblivion, a nightly brush with annihilation.”
“I don't have time for their judgement and their stupidity and you know they lay down with their ugly wives in front of their ugly children and look at their loser lives and then they look at me and they say, 'I can't process it' well, no, you never will stop trying, just sit back and enjoy the show. You know?”
“The big problem in making the hard decisions has much to do with the personal and professional well-being of the person making the call.”
“We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.”
“Sometimes I have to pause to make the distinction between Ben the teenager and Ben the businessman.”

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