People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Source: To Live and To Die.
-- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, (Jul 8 1926-2004), Swiss-US psychiatrist; She pioneered the advancement of thanotology, the study of death; wrote On Death and Dying, 1969.