The World Is Round

"Honestly," she sighed, "I don't know what kind of life we'll have together, with me always flying off in one direction and you in the other."

I smiled. "It's a good thing the world's round," I said.

~Starclimber, Kenneth Oppel  

That's how my latest read ended, and as soon as I finished the book, I began grinning like an idiot.  I love the feeling that comes when something strikes a chord within you, a sentiment you've never been able to put into words or the image that so perfectly captures your feeling or the reassurance that you're looking for in too many places.  The world is round.  The further from home you are, the closer you get.  Two people going as opposite as possible will eventually meet back in a different place than they left.  It's all true in sentiment as well as physicality, and is exactly what I need to remember.