“Were we humans as foolhardy or daring as those butterflies, moths, and other winged insects, to throw ourselves all together onto the flames, then who knows, perhaps the blaze would be so fierce and the light so dazzling that God would open His eyes and be roused from His torpor, too late, of course, to recognize us, but in time to see the impending void once we had gone up in smoke.” – José Saramago, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (trans. Giovanni Pontiero)