I've watched the sun rise over mountains where no human being has ever trod
and seen it go down over cities where every inch of space is filled with people, pushing and fighting each other for life.
I've given birth. I've been in love. I've changed beyond expectation.
I've seen people die in alleyways; seen others survive impossible odds;
known happiness and darkness and grief, and the one thing I'm still sure about is that life is mystery, life is change;
it's what my mother called magic, and it's capable of anything.
and seen it go down over cities where every inch of space is filled with people, pushing and fighting each other for life.
I've given birth. I've been in love. I've changed beyond expectation.
I've seen people die in alleyways; seen others survive impossible odds;
known happiness and darkness and grief, and the one thing I'm still sure about is that life is mystery, life is change;
it's what my mother called magic, and it's capable of anything.
Joanne Harris "Peaches for Monsieur le Curé"