Stolen and Missing Moon Rocks
Because of their rarity on Earth, and the difficulty of obtaining more, Moon rocks are celebrities amongst stones. They have been targets of vandalism, and many have gone missing or were stolen.
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Famous quotes containing the words stolen, missing, moon and/or rocks:
“They have been at a great feast of languages and stolen the scraps.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“What’s missing is the eyeballs
in each of us, but it doesn’t matter
because you’ve got the bucks, the bucks, the bucks.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“They are as neat as a wallet,
opening and closing on their coins,
the quarters, the nickels,
straight into the crapper.
Why shouldn’t I pull down my pants
and moon the executioner....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“There is no pleasing New Englanders, my dear, their soil is all rocks and their hearts are bloodless absolutes.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)