“‘Because narrative is about change. All stories of success begin with failure, and the reverse. Love stories begin with loneliness; loneliness stories begin with love.’
‘But is life the same as narrative?’”
“This was the after light of the wonderful, long, long summer evening, the light without shadows. It had a spell in it, and sometimes it made me afraid; and all manner of strange thoughts seemed to come in, and I always felt that if only we had a little more vision in our eyes we might see beautiful folk walking about in it, who were not of our world.”