One day, my father said there was nothing outside infinity.....

“ One day, my father said there was nothing outside infinity. He said the universe was like a cardboard box with God sitting outside surrounded by light, but I wanted to know if maybe God was sitting inside another cardboard box with the light on, and how could anyone be sure how many cardboard boxes there are. ”

Hugo Hamilton

From : The Speckled People: A Memoir of a Half-Irish Childhood