Kate had never in her life seen such frightful deformities, and the goblins had never seen such a hideous dress.
Clare B. DunkleMom actually said that?" Cassie's face shown with happiness. "She always hated my math!
Clare B. DunkleI had no fear of the stream's perils, and I listened with the greatest contentment to the quiet slap of water on rocks, the running whisper of the current, and the taps and creaks and croaks that rose with the mist around me. Overhead swing the glittering stars, and the bright moon shone down and lit the curling ripples of the water. At no time in my life had I been in greater danger from the elements, and yet if I learned that heaven is such as that night was, I should deem it a joy worth the dying.
Clare B. DunkleDon't fret. We'll just have to find something else you're good at besides killing people.
Clare B. DunkleMom actually said that?" Cassie's face shown with happiness. "She always hated my math!" "Nah," Martin said. "She was just being that way for you. She thought it was what you needed to hear. If parents told us what they really think about stuff, we could figure them out like regular people.
Clare B. Dunkle