It's a brave new world, Mr. Portman, And we'll be right behind you.

I'll never understand ninety-nine percent of humanity. - Enoch

I wanted to thank you," I said.She wrinkled her nose and squinted like I'd said something funny. "Thank me for what?" she said."You give me strength I didn't know I had,"; I said. "You make me better.

A song and a smile from someone I cared about could be enough to distract me from all that darkness, if only for a little while.

If.'If' always propelled my thoughts back to the present, because 'if' depended so much on keeping my wits about me. I couldn't properly sense things if I was distracted. 'If' demanded my full presence and participation in 'now.'If', as much as it scared me, also kept me sane.

My parents and their world represented a return to sanity and predictability, something I was longing for after all this madness.

What if there's no town for fifty kilometers?" Said Enoch."The we'll walk for fifty-one kilometers. But I know we weren't blown that far off course.

Consider the simple hedgehog, and his neighbor, the opossum...do they waste their energy trying to throw one another into chasms when they face a common enemy, the winter? No!