"Eaton Ebbers shook his gray head. "When people are scared, they look for something to blame: (Chapter 2, p. 18).

"I'm not writing there's a ghost until I have the facts that prove it. Mr. Loring said, 'If it's not an editorial, don't draw conclusions'" (Chapter 5, p. 43).

"Stay with a story,' Dad always told me. 'Stay with it until it makes sense'" (Chapter 8, p. 70).

"'We don't want you to get in trouble,' Elizabeth said gently. 'We so appreciate you telling us this much. We want to write the truth and you're helping us find it" (Chapter 13, p. 123).

It's a funny thing how fear grows. It moves like a virus, infecting person after person" (Chapter 14, p. 126).

"Everyone needs fudge, Hildy. It's how God helps us to cope" (Chapter 18, p. 168).

"You don't understand how much light you've got until the lights go out: (Chapter 20, p. 188).

"We've been talking," Minska announced...