Citation attribuée à Honoré de Balzac, extraite probablement de 'La Peau de chagrin' (1831) ou d'autres œuvres de sa 'Comédie Humaine', bien que la source exacte soit difficile à confirmer.
"At night, everything takes its form and true appearance. Just as one can only distinguish the stars in the sky at night, one then perceives on earth many things that are not seen during the day."