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“Sometimes the near seemed far, far away and the faraway was right beneath your feet.”
― The Long and Faraway Gone
― The Long and Faraway Gone
“What has she done to deserve such scorn?' I said.
He had the grace to look uncomfortable as he answered. 'Not her in particular, miss,' he said, 'Just her sort. People like her in general, I mean.'
'Oh Harry,' I said, 'there is no such thing as people in general. Everyone is someone very particular.”
― Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains
He had the grace to look uncomfortable as he answered. 'Not her in particular, miss,' he said, 'Just her sort. People like her in general, I mean.'
'Oh Harry,' I said, 'there is no such thing as people in general. Everyone is someone very particular.”
― Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains
“NO!” I bellowed it at him. “You say that over and over like it’s some kind of slogan. And I never knew why it made me feel as if I was going mad. I don’t ‘upset myself,’ Marco. Things ‘upset me.’ Things ‘upset’ everyone unless they’re catatonic or drugged to their eyeballs. It’s called life.”
― House. Tree. Person.
― House. Tree. Person.
“She was afraid. It wasn’t a tremble of fear. It was a dark hood hanging over her head. She was meant to die. That was why she was on the Chief speeding eastward. This was her bier.”
― Dread Journey
― Dread Journey
“Books make such good friends and quiet neighbors.”
― Quiet Neighbors
― Quiet Neighbors
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