Once in a while you’re momentarily conscious of being happy. But I’m superstitious, and I picture Fate—best… — Jack Finney
Once in a while you’re momentarily conscious of being happy. But I’m superstitious, and I picture Fate—best be respectful, and use a capital F—as a misty presence somewhere up in the sky but not too far away. Always listening, alert and ready to punish forbidden optimism.
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