A thin grey line between black and white - God crumbles up the old moon into stars

"But why does God do it?"

"Do what?"

"Crumble the moon into stars. Why?"

"Well, can't you understand?" said Shukhov. "The stars fall down now and then. The gaps have to be filled."

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn