“O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed.”— Gerard Manley Hopkins
“Quand on a tout perdu, quand on n'a plus d'espoir, la vie est un opprobre et la mort un devoir.”— Antoine de Rivarol
“Every day we have been ready to start for our depot 11 miles away, but outside the door of the tent it remains a scene of whirling drift.”— Robert Falcon Scott