Poco nos importa el éxito, ya que se trata de ser grande y no de parecerlo. - Romain Rolland

They tried still to see each other in secret. But it was impossible for them to regain the carelessness of their old relation. Their frankness was spoiled. The two boys who loved each other with a tenderness so fearful that they had never dared exchange a fraternal kiss, and had imagined that there could be no greater happiness than in seeing each other, and in being friends, and sharing each other's dreams, now felt that they were stained and spotted by the suspicion of evil minds. They came to see evil even in the most innocent acts: a look, a hand-clasp — they blushed, they had evil thoughts. Their relation became intolerable.

The newspapers of both countries give publicity only to prejudiced stories unfavorable to the enemy. One would imagine that they devote themselves to collecting only the worst cases, in order to preserve the atmosphere of hatred; and those to which they give predominance are often doubtful and always exceptional.

در زندگی لحظه‌های قاطعی هست که در آن، همان‌گونه که در شهرهای بزرگ سر شب ناگهان برق روشن می‌شود، آتش جاویدان در جان تیره فروزان می‌گردد. کافی است که جرقه‌ای از یک روح دیگر برجهد و آتش پرومته را به جانی که چشم به راه آن است منتقل سازد.