Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.
Source: Dissolving the Sigh of History, in Guardian (London, 16 Dec. 1992).
-- Derek Walcott, (Jan 23 1930-2017), West Indian poet, playwright; He was noted for works that explore the Caribbean cultural experience; received the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1992