There is, they say, no fool like an old fool.

the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.

In India the odd thing is that English is this almost artificial language floating on the surface of a place with about fifty other languages. The same is true of Nigeria but even more so.

It is at least scientifically respectable to postulate that at the centre of a black hole the laws of nature no longer apply. Since most scientists are just a bit religious and most religious are seldom wholly unscientific we find humanity in a comical position. His scientific intellect believes in the possibility of miracles inside a black hole while his religious intellect believes in them outside it.

But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.

There is, they say, no fool like an old fool.

The mask was a thing on it's own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-conciousness.