“There had to be dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background it's flashing glory.”

“Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.”

“Real love and Sun have something in common; they are so bright that they don't have shadows, they are free of darkness!”

“The confrontation lasted about five minutes; then the display died out as quickly as it had begun, and everyone drank his fill of the muddy water. Honor had been satisfied; each group had staked its claim to its own territory.”

“Where is the absurdity of the world? Is it this resplendent glow or the memory of its absence? With so much sun in my memory, how could I have wagered on nonsense? People around me are amazed; so am I, at times. I could tell them, as I tell myself, that it was in fact the sun that helped me, and that the very thickness of its light coagulates the universe and its forms into a dazzling darkness.”

“They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.”