Riley

“Polly laughed. It was a free, pleasing sound that always made Alan feel as if the world had been somehow freshened. He thought he could wait a long time for her secrets to disclose themselves if she would just laugh like that every now and then.”
― Stephen King, Needful Things

“I’ll try, Aunt Evvie.”

“Yes—I know you will. Trying—that’s built into you, too.” Aunt Evvie
looked her over closely. “You were a fair child, and a likely child, although you
weren’t ever a lucky child. Well, luck is for fools. It’s all they have to hope for,
poor devils. It strikes me that you are still likely and fair, and that’s the
important thing. I think you’ll make out.”
― Stephen King, Needful Things