In a world full of war, famine, oppression, deceit, monotony, what–apart from the eternal innocence of animals–offers an image of hope? A mother with a newborn child in her arms? The child may end up as a murderer or a murder victim, so that the hopeful image is a prefiguration of a pietà: a mother with her newly dead child on her lap. Harry Mulisch
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The world is full of war, famine, oppression, deceit, monotony, what - apart from the eternal innocence of animals - offers an image of hope? The image of hope I mentioned at the beginning is this one. It describes a mother with her newly born child in her arms. She is about to die by giving birth to the next generation. This image presents us, as human beings today, with the ultimate act of hope.

We are faced with our own mortality. The best we can do is to create life and nurture it.

Source: The Discovery Of Heaven

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