(The colorful shirts he favored suggested a trial`s natural sobriety never dimmed his spirits.) My most heartfelt prayer, ... is that they`ll find out who did this and I will be able to ask why.
- Michel BrownColleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.
- Anders AslundThings fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity
- William Butler YeatsTurning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.
- William Butler Yeats