Notre Dame in Flames

I spotted the quote below on the Metropolitan Museum's Facebook page, and I think it pretty much sums it up:

“Notre-Dame Cathedral is the very soul of Paris but so much more—it is a touchstone for all that is the best about the world, and a monument to the highest aspirations of artistic achievement that transcends religion and time. It has survived so much—from the French Revolution to Nazi occupation—to watch its devastation is excruciating.”

– Barbara Drake Boehm, Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator for The Met Cloisters