Secrets press inside a person. They press the way water presses at a dam. The secrets and the water, they both want to get out.
Franny BillingsleyYou donโt mind when he stares at you.โ Cecil jerked his head toward Eldric. "He doesnโt stare,โ I said. โHe looks.
Franny BillingsleyFather sighed. โPlease spare me these arguments of yours.โ โWhose arguments should I use?
Franny BillingsleyI donโt mind the disapproving ones so much. Itโs the tolerant ones I canโt stand, the ones who smile at Rose, who speak to her ever so slowly and gently. They donโt realize how very intelligent Rose really is. Theyโre just terrifically pleased with themselves. Look at me! they all but shout. See how broad-minded I am! How wonderfully progressive, how fantastically twentieth century!
Franny Billingsley