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WHEN SOMEBODY GOES AWAY THERE'S THINGS YOU WANT TO TELL THEM. WHEN SOMEBODY DIES MAYBE THAT'S THE WORST THING. YOU WANT TO TELL THEM THINGS THAT HAPPEN AFTER.Louise Fitzhugh
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I feel there's a funny little hole in me that wasn't there before, like a splinter in your finger, but this is somewhere above my stomach.Louise Fitzhugh
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Harriet pushed her hair back and looked at him seriously. 'Sport, what are you going to be when you grow up?'' You know what. You know I'm going to be a ball player.'' Well, I'm going to be a writer. And when I say that's a mountain, that's a mountain.' Satisfied, she turned back to her town.Louise Fitzhugh
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Turning on the shower, he thought of the wildly fancy bathroom at Charlotte's house. It was funny to think of, but the bathrooms he liked weren't fancy; this one, and the one at Seymour's, and the one at Harry's. They weren't fancy, but they were home. He got in the shower. The one squirt that always went haywire hit him right in the eye. He laughed up into the warm water running over his ears.Louise Fitzhugh