Something Wicked This Way Comes (Green Town, #2)

by Ray Bradbury

“Some folks draw lightning, suck it like cats suck babies’ breath. Some folks’ polarities are negative, some positive. Some glow in the dark. Some snuff out.

He looked at her. Her face had been hit a long time ago. The bruises had never gone from around her eyes.

Maybe yes, maybe no.

Was the 'Maybe si, maybe no' in Duma Key a nod to this?

since when did you think being good meant being happy?

here comes the carnival, Death like a rattle in one hand, Life like candy in the other;