This is my favorite cat Hope when she was a little one and the quote "To live without Hope is to cease to live." - Fyodor Dostoevsky

English Word of the Day – cease /siːs/ (formal) to stop doing something or stop happening

Hope never ceases to amaze me (= I am always surprised by her)

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Another word which you can hear often on the news – ceasefire

an agreement, usually between two armies, to stop fighting in order to allow discussions about peace:

declare a ceasefire

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