27 Quotes by Mary Downing Hahn

To keep from crying in front of everyone, I ran down the hall, opened the first door I saw, and dashed inside. Too late I realized the room was already occupied. An old man in a wheelchair sat beside a window. Of all the places I might have gone, I’d chosen Great-grandfather’s sanctuary.

Stu asked me to marry him.

Saying something mean and then claiming you’re not yourself doesn’t take the hurt away.

I was tempted to run down to the kitchen, but the memory of Dad’s words stopped me. “Fearful, nervous, insecure” – wasn’t that what he’d told Aunt Blythe? She’d already seen me behave like a baby once today. I didn’t want to give a repeat performance.

Time doesn’t run backward, you know, and things that have been done can’t be undone, no matter how hard you wish.

The bones came out, the bones came out, the bones came out.

Aunt Blythe went inside to check on Great-grandfather, but I sat on the front steps and watched the sun sink behind the trees across the highway. A little chill crept across my skin. Summer was almost over. Soon my parents would return and I’d go back to Chicago. There would be no more midnight meetings in the attic. No croquet games with Hannah, no boxing lessons from John, no fights with Edward.

To everyone who enjoys ghost stories.

Sissy tilted her chair back so far I was sure she’d fall on her head any second. Not that I cared. Maybe she’d leave if she hurt herself.