Forsaken Fortress

Famous quotes containing the words forsaken and/or fortress:

    And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
    Bible: New Testament, Matthew 27:46.

    There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.
    Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)