They talk about big skies in the western United States, and they may indeed have them, but you have never seen such lofty clouds, such towering anvil… - Bill Bryson

If the mattress stains were anything to go by, a previous user had not so much suffered from incontinence as rejoiced in it. He had evidently included the pillow in his celebrations.

How do migrating birds know which one to follow? What if the lead bird just wants to be alone?

I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything.