Northbound, Spadina streetcar — Toronto, ON
Black male, mid 50s, with short, grey hair, wearing black glasses, forest-green sweater, brown cords, and carrying a black laptop bag.
A Journey to the Center of the Earth , Jules Verne (Simon & Schuster)
Page 88:
But if the heavens and the elements are capable of causing us much pain and sorrow, there are two sides to a medal. And there was reserved for Professor Hardwigg a brilliant and sudden surprise which was to compensate him for all his sufferings.
How do we define progress, he wonders. One man runs at top speed, head held high, looking to the distance; another purposefully places one foot in front of the other, head down, looking at each crack in the sidewalk as steps from stone to stone. The man who runs fastest and furthest is heading toward a wall where he’ll crash to the ground unconscious, never to wake. The other will walk into traffic, looking up only in time to meet the eyes of a shocked driver. Life is always changing, he thinks. Which life would he rather live?
Julie Wilson
