#hostages

I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. ↗

— Lucan

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Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity. ↗

— Terry Waite

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