This is what he knew that Paul didn't: the world was precarious and sometimes cruel. He'd had to fight hard to achieve what Paul simply took for granted.

Once, this whole world had been hidden beneath a shallow sea.

She saw herself moving through another life, an exotic, difficult, satisfying life.

Either things grow and change or they die.

It's good to be in love.

This is what he knew that Paul didn't: the world was precarious and sometimes cruel. He'd had to fight hard to achieve what Paul simply took for granted.

After all these years, I feel so free. Who knows where I might fly?