Rose Greear

“Little Gracie Watson was born in 1883, the only child of her parents. Her father was manager of the Pulaski House, where the beautiful and charming little girl was a favorite with the guests. Two days before Easter, in April 1889, Gracie died of”
― Joanne Austin, Weird Ghosts: True Tales of the Eeriest Legends and Hair-Raising Hauntings Across America

“lived in a magic town,” he said softly, “where nothin’ bad could ever happen. I wanted to believe everyone was kind, and good, and just. I wanted to believe hard work was rewarded, and a man stood on his word. I wanted to believe a man was a Christian every day of the week, not just Sunday, and that the law was fair and the politicians wise and if you walked the straight path you found that peace you were searchin’ for.” He smiled; it was a difficult thing to look at. For an instant I thought I could see the boy in him, trapped in what Mrs. Neville’s dream-shape had called”
― Robert McCammon, Boy's Life

“I remember hearing this somewhere: when an old man dies, a library burns down. I recalled Davy Ray’s obituary in the Adams”
― Robert McCammon, Boy's Life

“have never understood why men would rather fight and die than stay home and make babies. Make love, not war; that has ever been my philosophy. Laugh if you will, but I have never thought”
― Joseph Duncan, The Oldest Living Vampire Reborn