Le rayon vert

No story is more widespread, nor more false, than the “ancient legend” Jules Verne introduces in his 1882 novel Le Rayon-Vert, according to which, one who has seen the Green Ray is incapable of being “deceived in matters of sentiment,” so that “he who has been fortunate enough once to behold it is enabled to see closely into his own heart and to read the thoughts of others.”

Oh, era uma história tão bonita : os puros de coração, no ocaso do dia, tocados pelo raio verde, passarem a poder ver claro para sempre...