Book excerpt: Where there ist light, there ist darkness. These short stories tell of hope and despair, happiness and sadness, of challenges of life and the deepest fears in us. But they are also about the welcoming future and the steps everyone of us takes every day to achieve our goals. It is about never giving up and going on, even when it seems the hardest. There will always be something worth fighting for. Sometimes we just have to read between the lines to discover it.