In the parallel universe the laws of psyics are suspended. What goes up does not necessarily come down; a body at rest does not tend to stay at rest; and not every action can be counted on to provoke an equal and opposite reaction. Time, too, is different. It may run in circles, flow backward, skip about from not to then. The very arrangement of molecules is fluid: Tables can be clocks; faces; flowers.
These are facts you find out about later, though.
Another odd feature of the parallel universe is that although it is invisible from this side, once you are in it you can easily see the world you came from. Sometimes the world you came from looks hige and menacing, quivering like a vast pile of jelly; at other times it is miniturized and alluring, a-spin and shining in its orbit. Either way, it can't be discounted.
Every window on Alcatraz has a view of San Francisco.
{Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen}
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