That there were other worlds, invisible, unknown, beyond imagination even, was a revelation to him.

All that sunny afternoon, traveling north and east, Caroline believed absolutely in the future. And why not? For if the worst had already happened to them in the eyes of the world, then surely, surely, it was the worst that they left behind them now.

I've been accused of trying too hard to rescue people

You can't stop time. You can't capture light. You can only turn your face up and let it rain down.

You missed a lot of heartache, sure. But David, you missed a lot of joy.

The thing is, I used to like that: feeling special because I knew something no one else did. It's a kind of power, isn't it, knowing a secret? But lately I don't like it so much, knowing this. It's not really mine to know, is it?

Grief, it seemed, was a physical place.