Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.

A magician wandered along the beach, but no one needed him.

But she was finding it increasingly easy to believe that God, if there was a God, and if it was remotely possible that any godlike being who could order the disposition of particles at the creation of the Universe would also be interested in directing traffic on the M4, did not want her to fly to Norway either.

The lights went out in his eyes for absolutely the very last time ever.

The reason why so many sects hang around airports looking for converts: they know that people there are at their most vulnerable and perplexed, and ready to accept any kind of guidance.