Quotes Flashcards
I have often thought … but I have had to…
I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf… but I have had to be content with what I had
Blackwoods had always…
Blackwoods had always lived in our house
Men stayed young… and the women…
Men stayed young and did the gossiping and the women aged with grey evil weariness
The people of the village…
The people of the village have always hated us
I thought about… from inside, … I wished…
I thought about burning black painful rot that ate away from inside, hurting dreadfully. I wished it on the village
“It’s…,” Constance said, “it…,” but I…
“It’s wrong to hate them,” Constance said, “it** only weakens you**,” but I hated them anyway
I am…, I told myself, I have a…
I am living on the moon, I told myself, I have a little house all by myself on the moon.
Merricat, said Connie, …?
Oh no, said Merricat, …
Merricat, said Connie, …?
Down in…!
Merricat, said Connie, would you like a cup of tea?
Oh no, said Merricat, you’ll poison me.
Merricat, said Connie, would you like to go to sleep?
Down in the boneyard ten feet deep!
I wished… I would have liked…
I wished they were dead. I would have liked to come into the grocery store some morning… stepping over their bodies, taking whatever I fancied
it was …, but on the gate… and…
it was a simple padlock and any child could have broken it, but on the gate was a sign saying PRIVATE NO TRESPASSING and no one could go past that
“The highway’s…,” our mother said, “and…”
“The highway’s** built for common people,” our mother said, “and my front door is private**.”
I was to…
I was to be kinder to Uncle Julian
He was ten years old…
He was ten years old and possessed many of his father’s more forceful traits of character
When I was small I thought Constance…. She was…, always
When I was small I thought Constance** was a fairy princess**…. She was the most precious person in my world, always.
I realized now that this was the third time in one day that the subject had been touched, and …
I realized now that this was the third time in one day that the subject had been touched, and three times makes it real
“She was a …,” and she smiled at me.
“…,” Helen Clarke said. “A child…, but she should…”
“She was a wicked, disobedient child,” and she smiled at me.
“An unhealthy environment,” Helen Clarke said. “A child should
be punished for wrongdoing, but she should be made to feel
that she is still loved.”
A… coming, and… Even…
A change was coming, and nobody knew it but me….. Even Jonas was fretful
It was necessary for me to check constantly to be sure that …
It was necessary for me to check constantly to be sure that** the wires were not broken and the gates were securely locked.**
All the Blackwood women had… of food in our cellar.
All the Blackwood women had made food and had taken pride in adding to the great supply of food in our cellar.
If I had…; he would be more comfortable there.
If I had a winged horse I could fly him to the moon; he would be more comfortable there.
We eat…
We ate the year away
I would not forget my magic words; they were…
I would not forget my magic words; they were MELODY GLOUCESTER PEGASUS
I knew him at once; …
I knew him at once; he looks like Father
They had… I could not…, I was… “He…,” I said.
They had no color. I could not breathe, I was tied around tight. “He** was a ghost**,” I said.
Almost as though in the house of her life…
Almost as though in the house of her life there had always been a room kept for Cousin Charles
[We carried our] broom and dustpan and mop…
[We carried our] broom and dustpan and mop like a pair of witches walking home
I was thinking that you might make a gingerbread man, …
I was thinking that you might make a gingerbread man, and I could name him Charles and eat him.
the thought of a ring…
the thought of a ring** around my finger always made me feel tied tight**
Sensible people … to trees
Sensible people **don’t go around nailing this kind of valuable thing **to trees
“On the…,” Constance said, and…
“On the moon,” Constance said, and laughed unpleasantly.
Does … mean…
Does we mean you and Charles
The mirror over the dresser…; it would…
The mirror over the dresser was already smashed; it would not reflect Charles
“I haven’t quite decided…,” he said. “But whatever I do,…”
I haven’t quite decided what I’m going to do with you,” he said. “But whatever I do, you’ll remember it.
“You are evil,” I said to Charles.
“You…”
“You are evil,” I said to Charles.
“You are a ghost and a demon.”
“Aren’t you even going to punish her?”
“Punish me?” I was standing then, shivering against the door frame. “…?”
“Aren’t you even going to punish her?”
“Punish me?” I was standing then, shivering against the door frame. “Punish me? You mean send me to bed without my dinner?”
“Mary Katherine, …”
“You…”
“Bow…?
“Mary Katherine, we love you.”
“You must never be punished”
“Bow all your heads to our adored Mary Katherine”
“…” he said a thousand times.
“Get the safe in the study,” he said a thousand times.
“…?” the woman called … “…,” the woman called.
“Why not let it burn?” the woman called insistently….. “Let it burn,” the woman called.
Our house was…
Our house was a castle, turreted and open to the sky
Nobody meant … we’re…
Nobody meant any harm… we’re going to forget all about it.
“They are the children…,” I told her. They…
“They are the children of the strangers,” I told her. They have no faces
Perhaps they came…, and bringing us food…
Perhaps they came in darkness not to be recognized, and bringing us food was somehow a shameful thing to do in public
They hate … The difference is, …
They hate little boys and little girls. The difference is, they eat the little girls.
