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“When something awful happens, sometimes people get stuck.”
“Do you ever get the feeling that something awful might happen?' James asked me. . . I sat up. 'I'm the awful thing that happens.”
“Something, or something awful or something wonderful was certain to happen on every day in this part of Africa.”
“And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more ...”
“What makes a child of four realize that something awful is going to happen? (168)”