the outside world Quotes

“So once the grid went up, the realization that there was now only the glass between me and the sidewalk, that I was free to see, close up and whole, so many things I’d seen before only as corners and edges, made me so excited that for a moment I nearly forgot about the Sun and his kindness to us.”

“The external world could take care of itself.”

“I’d always wanted to see the outside world, I’d always wanted adventure, and now I was going to get it with a vengeance.”