it was a toss-up which one of darwins quotes seemed more appropriate at this momenthow paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children , mused arnold , before seeing the perfect irony and whispering to himself , its just a pity that im surrounded by a bunch of crazy adults he wiped a chilled circle of condensation from a window pane , observed the motionlessness landscape of the car park and sleeping fields beyond , and made his way through to the stark reality of the pubs kitchen .