There are creatures that feed, travel, and play in the bright light of morning through dusk. Men are these, depending on empirical knowledge rather than trusting the message of the subconscious mind.

Children and night, deer, owls and racoons; they all understand out of instinct the dangers of day. Hot stoves and fast cars and anger are the weapons of light.

Night is sometimes an open-armed friend, grinning with perfect white teeth shiny black.

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