If we are not going to deny our children the darker side of life, we owe it to them to show
them that there is also this wild brilliance, this light of the sun: although we cannot look
at it directly, it is nevertheless by the light of the sun that we see. If we are to turn toward
the sunlight, we must also turn away from the cult of the common man and return to the
uncommon man, to the hero. We all need heroes, and here again, we can learn from the
child's acceptance of the fact that he needs someone beyond himself to look up to.
