There was plenty for the eye to feast on, but nothing for the soul. He had a hunger for something that no sky could satisfy. Somewhere on the planet there had to be a different kind of light.

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The sky is a wonderful place, but it isn’t the light that lives there that fills the soul with longing. It is only the absence of that light that keeps people from finding their way and finding themselves. The soul has an element of darkness and mystery to it. There is a hunger in the soul for something outside of the world we know and understand. For some reason, we feel better when we are in a state of hope and we find direction when we are lost, so we search out the light that shines in the dark places of this world.

Source: We, The Drowned

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