It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed.

You see, we were able to give you something, something which even now no one will ever take from you, and we were able to do that principally by sheltering you. Hailsham would not have...

There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they trying to find their place in the world and make sense of their lives? To what extent can they transcend...

It might be just some trend that came and went,’ I said. ‘But for us, it’s our life.