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When the mist rises, and the smiling man comes walking, you must avoid large places at night. Keep to small.
You might get to know characters in books, Ollie thought, but getting to know a human was an entirely different thing.
Even bad things can lead to good. Maybe in sad times, it helps to think of that.”
Wherever you go in this big, gorgeous, hideous world, there is a ghost story waiting for you.
Quiet time, always quiet time, as if she could make her own head and heart be quiet.
“I think the bus broke down!”
NO SERVICE, said the screen.
I think something bad is going to happen.”
“Alice in Wonderland,” said Brian. “Remember? ‘How do you know I’m mad?’ asked Alice.” “‘You must be,’” Ollie said, finishing the quotation slowly, “‘or you wouldn’t have come here.’”
“She’s hanging her laundry,” Ollie replied slowly. “On a day like this?” She gestured toward the damp forest. “It will never dry.” Ollie thought some more, looking around. “And she lives here? But there’s no road.”
Coco didn’t cry because she was weak. Coco cried because she felt things.
Its door hung a little open, making Ollie think of spiders’ webs. If we were the flies.
“You’re kind of grumpy most of the time, but when things get bad, you’re
the bravest. People can surprise you, Ollie-pop.”
