Ransom Note

Famous quotes containing the words ransom and/or note:

    “—I am a lady young in beauty waiting
    Until my truelove comes, and then we kiss.”
    —John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

    “There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading ... may be given without first getting the author’s permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that.”
    —Robert Benchley (1889–1945)