"... each person's lie is like a mountain. And every person has to climb that mountain alone. To begin with, you start in the valley, and it's warm and sunny, and there are lots of meadows and little streams, and buttercups and things. That'd when you're a child. And then you start to climb. Slowly, the mountain becomes a little steeper and the going isn't easy, but if you stop every now and t hen and look about you, then the wonderful views are worth every bit of effort. Ans the very top of the mountain, the peak, where the sn0w, and the ice glitter in the sunshine and it is all beautiful beyond belief, why, that is the summit, the great achievement, the end of the long journey."

-Rosamunde Pilcher, 'Toby"-