The Book of Questions, III Versions of Reality Quotes

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Quote #4

Is there anything in the world sadder
than a train standing in the rain? (7-8)

What is a train's reality? We may have been watching too much Thomas the Tank Engine, lately, but we'd say that a train's reality is motion. Its job is to move from one place to the next. If you take that way, is a train still really a train? Or is it just a train-in-waiting? No wonder this train is sad.