“The night spread wide around her, filled with its wonders.”

“This time of night, the sky was flung wide open, stars spread like a story across the horizon.”

“What the devil is that?” Jack asked.Frannie eased around to see what Jack was staring at. Greystone’s back bore a painting of an unusual creature with fire coming out of its mouth and wings spread wide.”

“But look around at this world, how perfectly it's made. Flowers can't move, yet the insects come to them and spread their pollen. Trees can't move either, but birds and animals eat their fruit and carry their seeds far and wide.”

“She stood at the window, her arms spread wide, holding on to each side of the frame, it was as if she held a piece of the city.”

“Our house has its back to the sea,' writes Hester in her journal. 'Below us, the ocean spreads to the sky, twitching wide and blue and hungry. One would think it to be infinite. But we, of course, know better.”