If you ask the great city, ‘Who is this person?,’ she will answer, ‘He is my child. - Victor Hugo

If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.

If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness. (Monseigneur Bienvenu in _Les Miserables_)

A people, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.