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“ Have you noticed her name?Kit leaned sideways to see the letters painted jauntily on the transom. The WITCH! How did you dare? Does Hannah know? Oh, she's not named after Hannah. I hadn't gone ten miles down the river that day before I knew I'd left the real witch behind. ”

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I have no word of yours to assure me that our brief friendship held for you the same significance it held for me, but I must go on believing so. Every hope of the future is meaningless unless I have faith that you and I will share it together.

~ Elizabeth George Speare

the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out.

~ Elizabeth George Speare

She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.

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Miriam felt astonished at herself. It was a new thing for her to step out so independently. Somehow, in the past month a tough little root of determination had been growing in her. Whether it was strong enough to support the desperate plan she had undertaken she would soon find out.

~ Elizabeth George Speare