Some people are weak in some ways, sir. Others in other ways. - Anthony Doerr

What do we call visible light? We call it color. But the electromagnetic spectrum runs to zero in one direction and infinity in the other, so really, children, mathematically, all of light is invisible.

That's how he feels right now, he thinks, kneeling beside her, rinsing her hair: as though his love for his daughter will outstrip the limits of his body. The walls could fall away, even the whole city, and the brightness of that feeling would not wane.

Time is a slippery thing: lose hold of it once, and its string might sail out of your hands forever.