“It was awkward, revisiting a world you have never seen before: like coming home, after a long journey, to someone else’s house.”

“Being with him after so long, after everything we'd endured...it was like coming home.”

“Come in, -- come in! and know me better, man! I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. Look upon me! You have never seen the like of me before!”

“When you reach the little house, the place your journey started,you will recognize it, although it will seemmuch smaller than you remember.Walk up the path, and through the garden gateyou never saw before but once.And then go home. Or make a home.And rest.”

“Long, long journey through the darknessLong, long way to goBut what are miles across the oceanTo the heart that's coming home?”

“All roads, whether long or short, are hard," said Frog. "Come, you have begun your journey, and all else necessarily follows from that act. Be of good cheer. The sun is bright. The sky is blue. The world lies before you.”