The ColU, sitting on its tabletop, seemed to Stef to twinkle. ‘I’m Colius the Oracle now.

We are well aware of the valuable support we receive from our communities as the airport continues to grow and it is right that we take our responsibilities to them very seriously. Suggestions they have made have been incorporated in the final schemes.

The Long Earth is bountiful but not forgiving.

Wow. Pioneers with ice-cream."
Joshua felt motivated to defend his home. "Well, it doesn't have to be like the Donner Party, Sally-

When you get close enough to someone you're never really alone again.

The past is a distraction, a source of envy, enmity, bitterness. Only the present matters, for only in the present can we shape the future.

Cut loose the past; it is dead weight.
Let the Extirpation continue. Let it never end.