“She's so small, yet she contains so much evil.”
“She loved with so much passion as she loved with ignorance. She did not know whether it were good or evil, beneficent or dangerous, necessary or accidental, eternal or transitory, permitted or prohibited: she loved.”
“This is an evil dream, she thought. But if she were dreaming, why did it hurt so much?She tried to ask the shadows, but they did not answer. Perhaps they did not hear her. Perhaps they were not real.”
“She was so much softer then, so much more willing to fall in love, or believe she was.”
“She had willed her heart to stay small and contained, but it wouldn’t be. Oh, well.”
“Emily was so excited she forgot. She was so happy she made a mistake and said, “Thank you so much, Mommy!”