"We knew the world would not be the same.
A few people laughed,
a few people cried,
most people were silent.
I remember the line from the Hindu scripture,
the Bhagavad-Gita.
Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince
that he should do his duty and to impress him takes
on his multi-armed form and says:
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.
" I suppose we all thought that, one way or another."