#fortress

In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts and thousands of guns in a wide arc. No chance for cavalry! ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#cavalry #chance #deep #defended #entrenched

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#fortress #ideas #newspapers #our #these

It will undoubtedly happen, that the enemy will make the attempt, today, tomorrow or the next day, at some time, to break into this fortress of Europe at one point or another. That will undoubtedly be the case. ↗

— Heinrich Himmler

#attempt #break #case #day #enemy

The fortress of Europe with its frontiers must be held and will be held too, as long as is necessary. ↗

— Heinrich Himmler

#fortress #frontiers #held #long #must

I was thinking, too, of Superman and his fortress of solitude. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#his #i #solitude #superman #thinking

In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#hero #his #learned #learned man #life

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon. ↗

— Martin Luther

#church #fortress #goodly #prayer #strong

All is artifice in my world, Constantine. Even me. Especially me. He taught me to be a duchess, to be an impregnable fortress, to be the guardian of my own heart, But he admitted that he could not teach me how or when to allow the fortress to be breached or my heart to be unlocked. It would simply happen, he said. he promised it would, in fact. But how is love to find me, even assuming it is looking? ↗

— Mary Balogh

#heart #love #love

Is Israel going to continue to be 'Fortress Israel'? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#become #believe #continue #fortress #forward

I will withdraw to my fortress, and after the slaughter, I will restore order. ↗

— Ion Antonescu

#fortress #i #order #restore #slaughter