“For Drake is no longer in his hammock, children, nor is Arthur somewhere sleeping, and you may not…”

“For Drake is no longer in his hammock, children, nor is Arthur somewhere sleeping, and you may not lie idly expecting the second coming of anybody now, because the world is yours and it is up to you. Now especially since man has the strength to destroy the world, it is the responsibility of man to keep it alive, in all its beauty and marvelous joy.”

- Susan Cooper, Silver on the Tree.