The answers aren't important really... What's important is- knowing all the questions. - Zilpha Keatley Snyder

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"But they're not really paper dolls," Melanie said. "And I don't really play with them, not like moving them around and dressing them up and everything. They're just sort of a record of a game I play. I make up a family and then I find people who look like them in magazines and catalogues, just so I'll remember them better."

there were times when the sharp edges of Neric’s convictions were bruising to those who were close to him.