UnForgiven

For human beings time never comes round again, that it is never again what it once was, and that when feelings change or deteriorate there is no miracle that can restore their initial quality: like a flag that gradually gets dirtier and dirtier and more and more worn. But his hope fought on, since hope never gives up the struggle even though it is doomed to defeat, for the very reason that hope arises only in the midst of adversity and because of it. From "On Heroes & Tombs" By: Ernesto Sabato