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

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.

I think I would rather just live my life,” Teddy said, “not make an artifice of it.

"Why was it that the females of the species were always the ones left to tidy up, she wondered? I expect Jesus came out of the tomb...and said to his mother, "Can you tidy it up a bit back there?