'...I wonder if you remember the story mummy read us the evening Sebastian first got drunk - I mean the bad evening. 'Father Brown' said something like 'I caught him' (the thief) 'with an unseen hook and and invisible line which is long enough to let him wander to the ends of the world and still to bring him back with a twitch upon the thread.''[1]
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A character recalls a story about being caught by an invisible line of fate.
- In plain terms
- Someone remembers a story about being tied to fate.
- What can you take from it?
- Fate can draw people back no matter how far they go.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are we tied by invisible lines?
- When have you returned to the past?
Another view
People can change and break free from past patterns.
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