I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God. – Robert Browning Category: Defeat
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. – Sir Winston Churchill Category: Defeat
Against a dark sky all flowers look like fireworks. There is something strange about them, at once vivid and secret, like flowers traced in fire in the phantasmal garden of a witch. – G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions, “The Glory of Grey” Category: Flowers
Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24. – David M. Shoup Category: History