So long as laws shall exist, which create hells in the midst of civilization, So long as men are degraded, women are ruined and children afraid, So long as there shall be ignorance, poverty and wretchedness on this Earth, stories such as this one must be told.   ~Victor Hugo...Les Miserables

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits...he has gained facts, learned his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit, has got moderation and real skill.   ~Ralph Waldo Emerson