Rita

“I only wish to discuss with you one possibility: Perhaps seeds of love are present in other places in the universe. We ought to encourage them to sprout and grow.

"That's a goal worth taking risks for."

Yes, we can take risks.

"I have a dream that one day brilliant sunlight will illuminate the dark forest."

The sun was setting. Now only its tip was exposed beyond the distant mountains, as if the mountaintop was inset with a dazzling gemstone. Like the grass, the child running in the distance was bathed in the golden sunset.

The sun will set soon. Isn't your child afraid?

"Of course she's not afraid. She knows that the sun will rise again tomorrow.”
― Liu Cixin, The Dark Forest

“But I didn't understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.”
― Haruki Murakami

“We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.”
― George Orwell, 1984