And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

by Fredrik Backman

“It hurts less and less. That’s one good thing about forgetting things. You forget the things that hurt too.”

Do you remember when he was little and asked you why people went into space?” “Yes. I told him it was because people are born adventurers, we have to explore and discover, it’s our nature.” “But you could see that he was scared, so you also said: ‘Ted, we’re not going into space because we’re afraid of aliens. We’re going because we’re scared we’re alone. It’s an awfully big universe to be alone in.’ ”