outdo
outdo
outshine
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
Overshadow
secret
"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
weapon
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
defend
"What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare." W.H. Davies
garrison
"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Geez, Janine, I needed to double check that one in the dictionary...
How about outpost..
"What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare." W.H. Davies
You know what, Lynne, that was the first thing that popped into my head - really odd; I even went to look it up to make sure it meant what I thought it meant. I don't know how that surfaced from my subconsious. 'outpost' works great! Think I have watched a few too many old movies of Western themes lately.
fort...
"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
conquer
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free.
-Goethe
quest
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
journey
landscape
painting..............