“Have you children, Mr Brandstetter?" He shook his head. "I was one once. Does it help?”

“It happens to everyone and it happens fast.”

“Don't forget, and don't let your reader forget, that the small world in which you have held him for the last hour or two hasn't ended. Be aware, and make him aware, that tomorrow all of its remaining inhabitants will pick up the broken fragments of their lives, and carry on.”

“When people run out of probable things to do, they do improbable things.”

“Have you children, Mr Brandstetter?" He shook his head. "I was one once. Does it help?”