“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.”
Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order
“A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them. ”
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Source: Il Penseroso (1631), Line 8
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