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Quotes About Disappeared

It is possible to see here again the constants in these matters. Associated with the wealth of the Banque Royale, Law was a genius—intelligence, as ever, derived from association with money. When the wealth dissolved and disappeared, he was a fugitive mercilessly reviled.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
My heart as gone cold like the winters blow, My heart has broken into pieces and lost in the woods and each piece of it will never be found, My desperate shouting for love has disappeared, and the calling for happiness has faded away, And now, you've given me a reason to not fall into lies.
~ Unknown
pero los recuerdos estaban hechos de aire, y sus rastros se habian borrado.
~ Madeline Miller
After listening to all this information we came to the conclusion that the world of Sir John Mandeville has by no means disappeared, that the world of two-headed men and flying serpents has not disappeared. And, indeed, while we were away the flying saucers appeared, which do nothing to overturn our thesis. And it seems to us now the most dangerous tendency in the world is the desire to believe a rumor rather than to pin down a fact.
~ John Steinbeck
Platform 21 was where Jews disappeared on trains heading north.
~ Unknown
I have heard stories that it was love at first sight for both of us, that we disappeared to a guest room at Merle's house, had our meals sent up, and didn't emerge for several days. This is absolutely untrue. I would never behave like that as a guest in someone's home. Carlos and I went to my beach house.
~ Martha Graham
Flounder is extinct!" they wept. "Nevermore, flounder!
~ Unknown
Mona wasn't listening. Of course a bet was a bet, she thought. And there was her reputation to consider. Not to mention her safety. Particularly her safety. For she was frightened of Emoto Hed, who had something of a reputation for creative cruelty where unpaid debts were concerned. People disappeared, leaving behind nothing but very long, very piercing screams. Mona imagined that forever could become incredibly tedious when passed in a state of constantly accelerating agony.
~ Meg Rosoff
Her voice echoed and its volume took him by surprise. He walked to the rock's edge, wanting to listen to it until the last echo disappeared, wanting to capture it in his hands.
~ Melina Marchetta
Since the start of collectivization, the necessities of life had almost completely disappeared from the shelves of the village store.
~ Unknown
A few of the Germans managed to reach Palestine, where they disappeared. The French party fell into the hands not of angels but of two of the worst scoundrels in history, Hugh the Iron and William of Posquères, Marseilles shipowners, who offered the young crusaders free transport to the Holy Land, but carried them instead to Bougie in North Africa and sold them as slaves to Arab dealers.
~ Unknown
With one of his brief, heart-stopping smiles, the viscount disappeared into the shadowy hall. Moments later, Tess heard the wind-whipped outer door slam behind this unlikely combination of knight errant and mystic that fate had chosen to send her in her hour of need.
~ Unknown
The gods disappeared with their following—nature stood forlorn and lifeless. Arid count and strict measure bound her with iron chains.
~ Novalis
Of course, I intended to die without telling a soul about my illness. Without anyone knowing, I would secretly deteriorate. Actually, I felt that there was nothing else I could do. I had no alternatives. Shouldn't I be resolved to die as a peasant in my horribly confused final circumstance? I had no excuses. It was not because life suddenly became precious, but the forced pretense until yesterday had disappeared.
~ Osamu Dazai
I think when NRR talks about 'the room', he's talking about the Amber Room... The Amber Room was stolen by the Nazis in World War Two. And then it disappeared. - Amy
~ Patrick Carman