Life wasn't about becoming, was it? It was about being. - Kate Atkinson

He was born a politician.
No, Ursula thought, he was born a baby, like everyone else. And this is what he has chosen to become.

Oh, God. What was happening to her, she was turning into a normal person.

Did God get out of bed one morning and draw back the curtains (Reggie's imaginary God led a very domesticated life) and think, 'A drowning in a hotel swimming pool, I fancy. We haven't had that one in a while.