We need it so we don’t forget that there are things in this world not carved out of gray stone. That there’s a small place inside of us they can never lock away, and that place is called hope.
— Andy Dufresne

And did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
— Pink Floyd

Quiet weekend. I’m still sluggish after a couple solid months of travel. I’ll be at the abbey in a couple of weeks and have selected Our Lady of the World’s Fair: Bringing Michelangelo’s Pietà to Queens in 1964 as my companion.