'This is the core of the galaxy,' Horseface said. 'This is the very center of everything there is. A huge black hole eating up the galaxy. The end of everything.'

Boone gulped and swallowed. He spoke to The Hat. 'You said the Highway to Eternity?' That is not what I said. I said the Highway of Eternity. 'Small difference…

'Much of what we see in the universe,' said Hugo, 'starts out as imaginary. Often you must imagine something before you can come to terms with it.'

'It is a net,' said Horseface, 'useful for the fishing of the universe.' Enid crinkled up her face, staring at what he called a net. It was a flimsy thing and …