“Carla had realised there wasn’t just one destined adventure in life, there were thousands of them.”

“She looked out at the other trees, and she realised that her life was one of thousands, any one of which could have been her, she had grown wherever her life had taken her, she had drifted wherever the wind had blown her.”

“Happily ever after wasn’t a destination, it was a journey. And we were well on our way.”

“After they had explored all the suns in the universe, and all the planets of all the suns, they realised that there was no other life in the universe, and that they were alone. And they were very happy, because then they knew it was up to them to become all the things they had imagined they would find.”

“He wasn’t really a spy; he just helped them out when they were busy.”

“I had made the vital realisation that my life was a series of events in which one merely had to keep on putting one foot in front of the other”