-there was something in her, something that was...pure horror. Everything you were supposed to watch out for. Heights, fire, shards of glass, snakes, Everything that his mom tried so hard to keep him safe from.

John Ajvide Lindqvist
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Is there anything scarier than a girl that looks like a Victoria's Secret model? There should be a law against it because she should be banned from the planet. She should be banned from going to school and should not be going to the beach because she will get killed by a shark. Kids should not be allowed to play outside with her or they could get hurt. In this quote, the speaker is saying that he has been avoiding all of the things his mother warned him about, because she warned him about them being dangerous to him

Source: Let The Right One In

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