The Sign ... then, however, he suddenly heard that he was surrounded by countless birds, swarming and fluttering- the whirring of so many wings and the throng about his head, however, were so great that he shut his eyes. And truly, it was as if a cloud had fallen upon him, a cloud of arrows discharged over a new enemy. And behold, in this case it was a cloud of love, and over a new friend. Nietzsche