Citation extraite du roman 'Atala' de François-René de Chateaubriand, publié en 1801. Elle illustre la sensibilité romantique et la réflexion sur la condition humaine caractéristiques de l'œuvre.
"If there are cloudy days, there are also calm and smiling ones; and what man so wretched has not sometimes seen flashes of happiness shine through the shadows of his sadness?"