The Heartbreak of Dawn...

How is the coming of dawn and daybreak associated with heartbreak (or joy)? There's love, love lost, and all the iterations of stress and life (and there's also all the flip-side emotions). The sun, moon and stars inculcate themselves into our everyday--sometimes seeming to offer commiseration and remembrance. Does all of nature seem to feel your pains and joys? So many writers have written about the phenomenon (and of course, in our imaginings, all sorts of representations of reality are possible).

A French writer, Arthur Rimbaud, is Le Bateau Ivre (The Drunken Boat) and for the short time he wrote--from 16 to 21. Born on October 20, 1854, he became an adventurer (Egypt, Ethiopia, Ogadain, and beyond). He wrote: "But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter." Take a look at more quotes.