...the lesson of forever and ever is that knowing a man's mind ain't knowing the man.

We don't say nothing more. What else is there to say? Everything and nothing. You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing.

Limitations can be hugely creative and hugely inspiring - so long as they are the ones you choose for yourself.

Time goes on, even when yer not looking.

There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between.

The ability to make fire at will. It allowed us light to see in the darkness, warmth against the cold, a tool to cook our food.’ He gestured vaguely in the direction of the Delta’s engines. ‘Fire is what eventually led to travel across the black beyond, the ability to start a new life on a New World.

I am Todd Hewitt, I think to myself with my eyes closed. I am twelve years and twelve months old. I live in Prentisstown on New World. I will be a man in one month’s time exactly.