““Don’t you think it’s rather nice to think that we’re in a book that God is writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right— in the way that’s best for us.’

“Do you really believe that Mother?” Peter asked quietly.

“Yes,” she said. “I do believe it— almost always— except when I’m so sad I can’t believe anything. But even when I can’t believe it, I know it’s true— and I try to believe it.” — The Railway Children, E. Nesbit