She walked about with the rather fated expression you see in photographs of girls who have subsequently been murdered, but nothing had so far happened to her.
For people who live on expectations, to face up to their realization is something of an ordeal.
Someone soon to start on a journey is always a little holy.
We have really no absent friends.
If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.
Some ideas, like dandelions in lawns, strike tenaciously: you may pull off the top but the root remains, drives down suckers and may even sprout again.