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Goodness, in their opinion, was not a virtue but merely spinelessness and fear disguised as humility.
There were dozens of stones falling on the roof; there were a thousand stars in the sky.
Why was Sally the one who always stayed behind to do laundry?
She, with her insistence of proof, had just been granted some powerful evidence: Things changed.
Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you’re headed in the exact right direction.
You have nothing to fear but fear itself,
A halo around the moon is always a sign of disruption, either a change in the weather, a fever to come, or a streak of bad fortune that won’t go away. But when it’s a double ring, all tangled and snarled, like an agitated rainbow or a love affair gone wrong, anything can happen.
Trouble is just like love, after all; it comes in unannounced and takes over before you’ve had a chance to reconsider, or even to think.
If a woman is trouble, she should always wear blue for protection.
But if a candle burns blue, that is something else entirely, that’s no luck at all, for it means there’s a spirit in your house.
And if the flame should flicker, then grow stronger each time the candle is lit, the spirit is settling in.
With one good leap she could be up there where there are stars, where it’s cold and clear and constant, and things like this never, ever happen.
