#quests

I thought, gazing at the beauty of the landscape again, it is as though the fiend has prevailed against the angels, and fixed his throne in a heaven, to rule it as though it were Hell. ↗

— Tom Holland

#contrast #evil #good-and-evil #heaven-and-hell #observation

At times we expected the allies unquestioningly to follow our leads; sometimes we failed to consult them in advance before reversing policies; at other times we ignored their requests. ↗

— Richard Kerry

#allies #before #consult #expected #failed

But aren't all great quests folly? El Dorado and the Fountain of Youth and the search for intelligent life in the cosmos-- we know what's out there. It's what isn't that truly compels us. ↗

— Jess Walter

#jess-walter #quests #beauty

I had repeatedly made written requests to the Fuehrer that I might be allowed to join the Wehrmacht as an ordinary soldier. He refused to give me this permission. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#fuehrer #give #give me #had #i

With the requests of some he complied, and has published a discourse, delivered before the Society for recovering drowned persons, which may be justly pronounced one of the most beautiful and interesting sermons in the English language. ↗

— John Strachan

#before #complied #delivered #discourse #drowned