“The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a ...” — Stephen Hadley Quote

“The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a bit. I think they've all concluded that further violence... is not in their interests.”

“We've talked to the Europeans about it. It's clear if those negotiations fail, then we are agreed with the Europeans that the next step is to take the matter to the U.N. Security Council.”

“Initial reports are encouraging. In the end of the day, it's going to be deeds, not words, that matter.”

“My favorite playwright is probably Samuel Beckett, and he was always laughing at the abyss.”

“I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one who thinks that Man is the god of himself and that his future can only be triumphant?”

“Donald had reached its further edge, and could hear the rush of the stream from the deep obscurity of the abyss below, when there rose from the opposite side a strain of the most delightful music he had ever heard.”