“Frankly Jess, on the grand scale—” “You can’t think on the grand scale. You have to think on the small… — Jane Rogers

Every other method of resolving this difference of opinion has failed. We are reduced to violence, which is the last resort.

But naturally people fussed and objected like they always do when someone tries to do something positive.

That’s almost like the daft things you believe when you’re really little, like I use to believe I could fly. I believed it for years, but it had to be kept secret. I knew if I ever told anyone or showed it off to anyone, I’d lose the power. And if I doubted it, and tried it out just to see, I’d lose the power — so I didn’t. I believed in it. I knew I would be able to fly when there really was a need. Which, fortunately for me, there never was.