"We have roots that grow towards each other underground. And when all the pretty blossom has fallen from our branches we find that we are one tree and not two."

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Indeed, beauty is one of mankind's greatest needs; it is the root from which the branches of our peace and the fruits of our hope come forth. Beauty also reveals God because, like him, a work of beauty is pure gratuity; it calls us to freedom and draws us away from selfishness.

— Pope Benedict XVI