Whether the starry night or extraterrestrial beings, the mystery of life itself or life after death or any of the uncertain boundaries between reality and resolute yearning, it is unknowns that populate history with gods and heroes, monsters of the deep and chimeric islands, lost paradises and the elusive El Dorado at the end of greed's rainbow, not to mention Martians.
This is just one striking instance of magnificent alertness, adroit readjustment, and a resolute grasp of the realities.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has supported the US decision to leave thousands of troops in Afghanistan beyond the end of the current Resolute Support mission, saying it recognises the reality of the situation in the field.
He is a resolute allegorist, and has given the punch of reality to incisive fictional critiques of, variously, imperialism ("Waiting for the Barbarians," 1980), apartheid ("Life and Times of Michael K," 1983) and post-apartheid anarchy ("Disgrace," 1999).
Her resolute Catholicism was laced with realism.
The young activists' idealism has been challenged by the bitter reality of repression, leaving them dispirited but resolute.
Such realities have solidified Keystone XL's backers' resolute faith that the pipeline will be built, a view that is also driven by the insatiable thirst in economies new and old for oil.
The bill has no chance of passage in the Senate and was designed solely to make House members appear resolute to Tea Party loyalists who are not paying close attention to reality.
But Leong remains resolute.
