Pessimistic and Dark quotes

Paul Warren

"The Cathedral that stood throughout the Great War
Except for some of the lead light broken above the doors
I stood and looked at it and wondered
About the history that transpired

Whilst this Cathedral stood
The worst occurred as marking time it could
Can these things that we humans do
Stain the places meant to be forever true?" 

War - Ww1 - The Amiens Cathedral, Northern France

We can't turn back the clock... and yet...