I don't mean to be ungrateful but if someone's out there answering prayers, mine's not at the top of the list
Franny BillingsleyImagine a world without shadows. You cannot touch a shadow, but a world without them is a hard world, and flat.
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 BillingsleyLetโs hope sheโs like the others, who look only at the surface. Letโs hope sheโd never think that a girl with black-velvet eyes and cut-glass cheekbones could be a witch.
Franny Billingsley