“Humanity ought to be the shining light and roaring thunder that fills up the vastly empty and silent universe.”

“God, how pointless and empty the world is! Days filled with cheap and tarnished moments succeed each other, restless and haunted nights follow in bitter routine: the sun shines without brightness, and the moon rises without light.”

“To depart while seated or standing is all one.
All I shall leave behind me
Is a heap of bones.
In empty space I twist and soar
And come down with the roar of thunder
To the sea.”

“Loud roared the dreadful thunder,
The rain a deluge showers.”

“… to slip beneath the surface and soar along the silent bottom of the sea agile and shining in water honeycombed with light.”

“We are the boys
That fear no noise
Where the thundering cannons roar.”

“Silent white light filled the world. And the righteous and unrighteous alike were consumed in that holy fire.”

“As human beings, we have a natural compulsion to fill empty spaces.”

“Oh, the tree of life is growing where the spirit never dies
And the bright light of salvation shines in dark and empty skies.”

“Why are the heavens not filled with light? Why is the universe plunged into darkness?”