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“What if things happened to youspecial, magic thingsbecause youd been preparing for them?”
“What if things happened to you—special, magic things—because you’d been preparing for them?”
“She closed her eyes. Said the four most comforting words she knew: "Once upon a time." An incantation.”
“Storytelling wasn't about making things up. It was more like inviting the stories to come through her, let themselves be told.”
“Oh my God! Sam said again, his voice shaking. Ive given birth to something inhuman, Phoebe thought. A lamprey with row after row of teeth.”
“Oh my God!” Sam said again, his voice shaking. I’ve given birth to something inhuman, Phoebe thought. A lamprey with row after row of teeth.”
“Beautiful building, Phoebe said. Sam nodded. Classical Revival, he said. It was yet another display of his seemingly unending knowledge that both made her proud and made her feel very small. Maybe ...”
“Phoebe realized how very wrong shed been about this house, this family. It was far darker, more dangerous than the places shed grown up in. In the dingy little apartments her mother rented, everyth...”
“The world was full of dangers now that she was pregnant: mercury in tuna, hot tubs, beer, secondhand smoke, over-the-counter medicine. Not to mention crazy baby-abducting fairy kings.”
“Beautiful building,” Phoebe said. Sam nodded. “Classical Revival,” he said. It was yet another display of his seemingly unending knowledge that both made her proud and made her feel very small. May...”
“Phoebe realized how very wrong she’d been about this house, this family. It was far darker, more dangerous than the places she’d grown up in. In the dingy little apartments her mother rented, every...”
