“ And this time Zara White," he says, " this time it is my turn to rescue you." - Astley”
“Zara. We all need to rescue and we all need to be rescued.”
“Zara White, since when has love ever not mattered?”
“I don't want to spend my time rescuing you from awkward situations.”
“Only wings evade death. Neruda says so.' As he turns the page he looks at Zara and makes his bright blue eyes big. 'And Neruda knows.' He reaches for his pipe.Zara stares at him for some time. 'Was he a friend of God?'Who? Neruda?'Yes.'He may have been, I'm not sure, petite. For all we know he may even have been God.”
“He washed up on a desert island, where he incurred the most remarkable series of mishaps that somehow kept turning out for the best. He had no time to keep a journal. He was never rescued.”