QUOTE : I used to think the heart of the world was in its inhabitants. In people, in their traditions, in their good deeds and strong wills. Now I know that’s not true, for the heart of the world has been lost to humankind for a long time, closed off and encased in stone. A hard and stubborn thing that’s unwilling to share what it feels, what it hears, and what it sees with those who live on its flanks.