A simple acceptance of what comes to us, regarding it as neither bad nor good. <i>“Werde, der du bist,</i> as he would have it,” Dr Kellet continued … - Kate Atkinson

As I watch, the sky fills with clouds of snow feathers from every kind of bird there ever was and even some that only exist in the imagination, like the bluebirds that fly over the rainbow.

Hindsight’s a wonderful thing,” Klara said. “If we all had it there would be no history to write about.

The aircraft found the ground before Teddy did and he watched as it exploded in a glittery starburst of light. He would live, he realized. There would be an afterward after all. He gave thanks to whichever god had stepped in to save him.