As a child, Richard had had nightmares in which he simply wasn't there, in which, no matter how much noise he made, no matter what he did, nobody ever noticed him at all.

“What a refreshing mind you have, young man. There really is nothing quite like …”

“You're alive...That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, mak…”

“Islington smiled superciliously. “Lucifer?” It said. “Lucifer was an idiot. It …”

“Up the narrow stairs and into the kitchen. Rosie's mother looked around and mad…”