Final Assault

Famous quotes containing the words final and/or assault:

    “The train rounds, bending to a scream,
    Taking the final level for the dive
    Under the river—”
    —Hart Crane (1899–1932)

    “We have long forgotten the ritual by which the house of our life was erected. But when it is under assault and enemy bombs are already taking their toll, what enervated, perverse antiquities do they not lay bare in the foundations.”
    —Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)