We had been hopelessly labouring to plough waste lands; to make nationality grow in a place full of the certainty of God… Among the tribes our creed could be only like the desert grass – a beautiful swift seeming of spring; which, after a day's heat, fell dusty.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom & The Evolution of a Revolt (Complete Edition with Original Illustrations and Maps) (ed. e-artnow, 2015) - ISBN: 9788026845560